...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILL... ...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILLIAM MAKEPEAC... ... IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ... HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK THREE by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History ... ... I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will ... ...ady now was styled; and along with this letter (which was read in a family council, namely, the Viscountess, Mistress Beatrix, and the writer of this ... ...ign, many of his family, and the greater part of the civilized world, were members.” And his lordship added a postscript, of which Esmond knew the ins... ...rian, and as eager for war as Prince Eugene himself. I say not that he was privy to Duke Hamilton’s death, I say that his party profited by it; and th... ...t-arms came for- ward and proclaimed George, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. And the people s...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEA... ...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY... .... A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ... SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History ... ... I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volume will ... ...or this, and other sacrifices and merits, his Majesty, by patent under the Privy Seal, dated Oxford, Jan., 1643, was pleased to advance Sir Francis Es... ... and horses, and ’twas said he had much ado to keep himself awake at these councils: the Countess ruling over them, and he acting as little more than ... ... wisest, the bravest, the highest born, the most eloquent of men among its members. Father Holt bade him keep his views se- cret, and to hide them as ... ...and month with Frank, and just proclaimed at Saint Germains, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland. 171 Thackeray CHAPTER III I TAKE THE QUEEN’S...

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...CE. ........................................................................................................................................ 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND ...