The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... character of that illustrious man had been with him a life study . ' Mr. Gleig next wrote a large volume , partly from Brialmont , partly from other sources , Vol . 120.-No. 239 . B and and he afterwards ( in 1864 ) realised his original.
... character of that illustrious man had been with him a life study . ' Mr. Gleig next wrote a large volume , partly from Brialmont , partly from other sources , Vol . 120.-No. 239 . B and and he afterwards ( in 1864 ) realised his original.
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... 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 Mornington's family adopted the ancient spelling of their name ' about ...
... 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 Mornington's family adopted the ancient spelling of their name ' about ...
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... character . His mother's comparative poverty took her fortunately to Brussels , where he had the great advantage of learning , what was essential to him during the greater part of his active service , the French language . At the school ...
... character . His mother's comparative poverty took her fortunately to Brussels , where he had the great advantage of learning , what was essential to him during the greater part of his active service , the French language . At the school ...
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... character has been most unjustly assailed . We would quote , as an antidote , the result of his subsequent experience : It is " a fact ‡ not sufficiently known that General Harris himself conducted the details of the victorious army ...
... character has been most unjustly assailed . We would quote , as an antidote , the result of his subsequent experience : It is " a fact ‡ not sufficiently known that General Harris himself conducted the details of the victorious army ...
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... character and motives we gain more from private letters than from either despatches or reports - always more or less ... characters , in one sense , when he said , in writing to Colonel Malcolm on the 14th Sept. 1804 , from Fort William ...
... character and motives we gain more from private letters than from either despatches or reports - always more or less ... characters , in one sense , when he said , in writing to Colonel Malcolm on the 14th Sept. 1804 , from Fort William ...
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