 | William Coxe, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough - 1818 - 642 σελίδες
...undiminished zeal for the public service. During the progress of the campaign, the tender recollection of liis lost son frequently intruded itself on his mind, and...From the Hague he wrote immediately on his arrival : — ters, which I read with all the pleasure imaginable. They were so very kind, that if it be possible... | |
 | 1820 - 632 σελίδες
...his letters to Gotlolphin, touching upon this with the unreserve of perfect friendship, he says, ' since it has pleased God to take him, I do wish from my soul I could think less of him.' The military operations had not been entirely suspended during the winter. £, Kheinberg had been reduced,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 616 σελίδες
...upon this with the unreserve of perfect friendship, he says,' since it has pleased God to take him, 1 do wish from my soul I could think less of him.' ; The military operations had not been entirely suspended during the winter. Rheinberg had been reduced,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1820 - 628 σελίδες
...upon this with the unreserve of perfect friendship, he says, ' since it has pleased God to take him, 1 do wish from my soul I could think less of him.' The military operations had not been entirely suspended during the winter. Rheinberg had been reduced,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 σελίδες
...had sustained. In one of his letters to his friend Godolphin, alluding to his deprivation, he says, " Since it has pleased God to take him, I do wish from my soul I could think less of him." In resuming military operations in the second campaign, it was Marlborough's wish to carry the war... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1839 - 406 σελίδες
...me, I could not be happy but in your love." The remembrance of his son, however, still haunted him. " I. have this day seen a very great procession, and...I do wish from my soul I could think less of him." Some time before this calamitous event, he had united his third daughter, Lady Elizabeth, then in her... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1839 - 410 σελίδες
...me, I could not be happy but in your love." The remembrance of his son, however, still haunted him. " I have this day seen a very great procession, and...I do wish from my soul I could think less of him." Some time before this calamitous event, he had united his third daughter, Lady Elizabeth, then in her... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1839 - 520 σελίδες
...hoped and planned for his lost son. In a letter to Lord Godolphin, written from Cologne, he says : " I have this day seen a very great procession; and...I do wish from my soul I could think less of him." * Alas ! how many parents may utter the same natural but fruitless wish ! The Duchess, unfortunately... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 506 σελίδες
...had sustained. In one of his letters to his friend Godolphin, alluding to his deprivation, he says, " Since it has pleased God to take him, I do wish from my soul I could think less of him." In resuming military operations in the second campaign, it was Marlborough's wish to carry the war... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 σελίδες
...sustained. In one of his letters to his friend Godolphin, alluding to his deprivation, he - ii -. " Since it has pleased God to take him, I do wish from my soul I could think less of him." home, he seriously communicated to bis dutchess his intention of resigning his command and retiring... | |
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I have this day seen a very great procession, and the thoughts how pleased poor lord Churchill would have been with such a sight, have added very much to my uneasiness. Since it has pleased God to take him, I do wish from my soul I could think less of... 
