The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 81
Page 1
... becoming , sooner or later , the bio- grapher of the Great Duke " haunted me like a passion . " I even went so far as to open the subject to his Grace during his lifetime ; but the proposal was met with so much of wisdom , mixed with ...
... becoming , sooner or later , the bio- grapher of the Great Duke " haunted me like a passion . " I even went so far as to open the subject to his Grace during his lifetime ; but the proposal was met with so much of wisdom , mixed with ...
Page 5
... become a great man , at which he laughed heartily , while she added with naïveté , " we should not leave you to go home with the fiddlers now . " " But Gleig and Brialmont give a different account of the young officer at page 9 of their ...
... become a great man , at which he laughed heartily , while she added with naïveté , " we should not leave you to go home with the fiddlers now . " " But Gleig and Brialmont give a different account of the young officer at page 9 of their ...
Page 7
... becoming generally popular amongst his immediate companions , was likely enough to disincline him to mix with his fellows as he otherwise might have done , while the habits of reserve and solitude in which he indulged , must have ...
... becoming generally popular amongst his immediate companions , was likely enough to disincline him to mix with his fellows as he otherwise might have done , while the habits of reserve and solitude in which he indulged , must have ...
Page 19
... become temporarily quiet , Colonel Wellesley declared himself ready for service elsewhere . He was thereupon appointed by his brother , in an official communication which Mr. Gleig states to have been somewhat ambiguous , ' to take part ...
... become temporarily quiet , Colonel Wellesley declared himself ready for service elsewhere . He was thereupon appointed by his brother , in an official communication which Mr. Gleig states to have been somewhat ambiguous , ' to take part ...
Page 21
... of my employing some one or two of his Majesty's General Officers now in India . ' Who had now become Marquess Wellesley . with with some losses from the West Indian expedition - he The Personal Life of Wellington . 21.
... of my employing some one or two of his Majesty's General Officers now in India . ' Who had now become Marquess Wellesley . with with some losses from the West Indian expedition - he The Personal Life of Wellington . 21.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Allan Cunningham ancient animal appears architecture army authority Badakhshan Baker beauty believe Bishop Bokhara British burrow Cabul Central Asia century Chanson character Charlemagne Church Colonel Wellesley colonies colour columns command court criticism Despatches Duke Durendal effect enemy England English entablature fact favour feet Fergusson force France French galleys Ganelon Gleig Gondokoro Gospel Government Greek habits hand Herat honour India interest invention Irenæus iron Jamaica Jaxartes Jesus Karl Kashgar King Kokand labour Ladakh letter look Lord Lord Mornington Louis Blanc Marteilhe ment military mind mountains nature negroes nest never Northcote object observation officers opinion Oxus painter Pamír Parliament party passed persons political portion possession present principles question remarkable Reynolds river Roland Roman Russian says side Sir Joshua steel success tion troops Whigs whole wood Yarkend