The Pastor's Fire-side: A Novel, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 |
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... had insisted on this guarantee of Spain ; and the Queen , with her usual impatience , ordered it to be accorded without reserve . But Ripperda , when he yielded to the temporary necessity 2 THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE .
... had insisted on this guarantee of Spain ; and the Queen , with her usual impatience , ordered it to be accorded without reserve . But Ripperda , when he yielded to the temporary necessity 2 THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE .
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... Queen of Spain's fury against France , and her ea- gerness for revenge , had put the Spanish interest totally into the power of the Em- press . In her first rage , she had written a letter to Elizabeth , of unguarded relin- quishment ...
... Queen of Spain's fury against France , and her ea- gerness for revenge , had put the Spanish interest totally into the power of the Em- press . In her first rage , she had written a letter to Elizabeth , of unguarded relin- quishment ...
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... Queen , given up all check upon the non- execution of the most momentous articles in the treaty . She soon found the effects of her rashness ; and in letters of despair to Ripperda , acknowledged that it now wholly depended on his ...
... Queen , given up all check upon the non- execution of the most momentous articles in the treaty . She soon found the effects of her rashness ; and in letters of despair to Ripperda , acknowledged that it now wholly depended on his ...
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... Queen of Spain to form a foreign alliance , before I could formally give my consent . In this , the Empress acquiesced . Here then , is one delay secured . Meanwhile , should you appear to concur heartily in the arrange- ment , I have ...
... Queen of Spain to form a foreign alliance , before I could formally give my consent . In this , the Empress acquiesced . Here then , is one delay secured . Meanwhile , should you appear to concur heartily in the arrange- ment , I have ...
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... Queen's consent should arrive ; it is probable Her Majesty might have sent it abroad by a private whisper , had she not seen the prudence of not sti- mulating the ill offices of the Princess de Waradin , and others , by any hint that ...
... Queen's consent should arrive ; it is probable Her Majesty might have sent it abroad by a private whisper , had she not seen the prudence of not sti- mulating the ill offices of the Princess de Waradin , and others , by any hint that ...
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