The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... India , can certainly not have produced so great a change of character . Could the young officer ' have emerged from hobble- * * We find in a note by the present Duke , at p . 52 of the Supplementary Despatches , ' that Lord ...
... India , can certainly not have produced so great a change of character . Could the young officer ' have emerged from hobble- * * We find in a note by the present Duke , at p . 52 of the Supplementary Despatches , ' that Lord ...
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... India , and to his having continued to act upon it . This is a fact that , I apprehend , is unknown as to the Duke of Wellington , and it is a very important one .'- Notes on the Battle of Waterloo , by the late General Sir James Shaw ...
... India , and to his having continued to act upon it . This is a fact that , I apprehend , is unknown as to the Duke of Wellington , and it is a very important one .'- Notes on the Battle of Waterloo , by the late General Sir James Shaw ...
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... India , in April , 1796 , he was unable , from illness , to accompany it . He overtook it , however , at the Cape of Good Hope , and taking passage with Sir Pulteney ( then Captain ) Malcolm in the ' Fox , ' landed with it at Calcutta ...
... India , in April , 1796 , he was unable , from illness , to accompany it . He overtook it , however , at the Cape of Good Hope , and taking passage with Sir Pulteney ( then Captain ) Malcolm in the ' Fox , ' landed with it at Calcutta ...
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... India , to acquire infor- mation , not only as to the military situation , but also in regard to the political relations of the Company . Having learnt all he could in Bengal , he visited his old friend Lord Hobart , the Governor of ...
... India , to acquire infor- mation , not only as to the military situation , but also in regard to the political relations of the Company . Having learnt all he could in Bengal , he visited his old friend Lord Hobart , the Governor of ...
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... India , and General Harris wrote of them privately to the Governor - General in terms of high commendation . But there the matter ended . ' † 27th February , 1799 , ' Supplementary Despatches , ' vol . i . p . 199. We have made our ...
... India , and General Harris wrote of them privately to the Governor - General in terms of high commendation . But there the matter ended . ' † 27th February , 1799 , ' Supplementary Despatches , ' vol . i . p . 199. We have made our ...
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