 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...  Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlborough - Page 168by William Coxe, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough - 1818Full view - About this book
 | William Coxe - Great Britain - 1820 - 498 pages
...undiminished zeal for the public service. During the progress of the campaign, the tender recollection of his lost son frequently intruded itself on his mind, and...From the Hague he wrote immediately on his arrival : — " March 16-27- — I received this morning two of your dear letters, which I read with all the... | |
 | 1820 - 632 pages
...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) - English literature - 1820 - 628 pages
...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) - English literature - 1820 - 616 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Great Britain - 1839 - 520 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Great Britain - 1839 - 410 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1839 - 406 pages
...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... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 506 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1863 - 818 pages
...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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