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  • Title: 227
  • Author(s): Baron Ferdinand De RothChild
  • Date of creation: 1890
  • Extent: 2pp
  • Material: Paper
  • Physical Location: Waddesdon Manor

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—————— rt kee a> trayed Marlborough into a single rash action or word. He never besieged a fortress that he did not take; he never fought a battle which he did not win; he never conducted a negotiation which he did not bring to a successful issue—his own eneinies said of him. A favourite with his superior officers, a favourite with his men, Marlborough was an equal favourite with the ladies of the profligate Court of James the Second, from one of whom he stooped to accept a present of 5000. But he knew nothing of the finer sentiments of mankind. He turned without a blush from winning victories and dictating their fate to the great powers of the Continent, to employing the meanest artifices for his advancement and the accumulation of a matchless fortune. His extreme rapacity in acquiring, and his avarice in hoarding, wealth, tarnished his fame, and furnished his opponents with the topics for their taunts. One day some ruffians assaulted Lord Peter- borough, whom they mistook for him. ‘Gentlemen,’ said Peterborough, ‘I can convince you for two reasons that I am not the Duke of Marlborough: in the first place, I have but five guineas in my pocket ; and, in the second place, here they are at your service!’ Of a servant who had saved his life Marlborough
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