The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... existence , that of active service , by drawing up a code of standing orders , and placing his regiment in the highest state of efficiency . And in May , 1794 , he embarked at Cork , at the commencement of his twenty - sixth year , for ...
... existence , that of active service , by drawing up a code of standing orders , and placing his regiment in the highest state of efficiency . And in May , 1794 , he embarked at Cork , at the commencement of his twenty - sixth year , for ...
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... existence of the army . When the breaching batteries which had been dragged so many weary miles had done their work , and when all was prepared , General Harris told off Baird for the assault , and Wellesley for the reserve in the ...
... existence of the army . When the breaching batteries which had been dragged so many weary miles had done their work , and when all was prepared , General Harris told off Baird for the assault , and Wellesley for the reserve in the ...
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... existence , a life of toil almost insupport- able , of blows , of curses , of association with the vilest criminals , of dangers , and of degradations of every kind , which at this time more than 300 Protestants , men of respectable ...
... existence , a life of toil almost insupport- able , of blows , of curses , of association with the vilest criminals , of dangers , and of degradations of every kind , which at this time more than 300 Protestants , men of respectable ...
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... existence of the Company . But though no longer protected by privilege , the Hanse Town merchants long continued to carry on their trade , and as late as 1790 , Pennant described the Steelyard as ' the great repository of imported iron ...
... existence of the Company . But though no longer protected by privilege , the Hanse Town merchants long continued to carry on their trade , and as late as 1790 , Pennant described the Steelyard as ' the great repository of imported iron ...
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... existence by the quantity of oxide on the surface , and they find no difficulty in digging it with pointed sticks . They consider English iron " rotten ; " and I have seen , when a javelin of their own iron lighted on the cranium of a ...
... existence by the quantity of oxide on the surface , and they find no difficulty in digging it with pointed sticks . They consider English iron " rotten ; " and I have seen , when a javelin of their own iron lighted on the cranium of a ...
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