The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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But Gleig and Brialmont give a different account of the young officer at page 9 of their work , when they state that Lord Camden's court was particularly gay , and that young Wellesley , wliose good humour and devotion to the service of ...
But Gleig and Brialmont give a different account of the young officer at page 9 of their work , when they state that Lord Camden's court was particularly gay , and that young Wellesley , wliose good humour and devotion to the service of ...
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... I must either give up the command or submit to be ruined for ever . ' But Mr. Gleig tells us that his emoluments as Commandant of Seringapatam , and afterwards on the removal of General Harris's army , as Civil Superintendent of the ...
... I must either give up the command or submit to be ruined for ever . ' But Mr. Gleig tells us that his emoluments as Commandant of Seringapatam , and afterwards on the removal of General Harris's army , as Civil Superintendent of the ...
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If I had had pontoons on the Malpoorba , Dhoondiah could not have escaped ; and it is inconceivable the advantage they would give us over all the native armies . ' At p . 506 , vol . iii . , he writes to General Stuart from Seringapatam ...
If I had had pontoons on the Malpoorba , Dhoondiah could not have escaped ; and it is inconceivable the advantage they would give us over all the native armies . ' At p . 506 , vol . iii . , he writes to General Stuart from Seringapatam ...
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... that his application was not in the first instance favourably entertained , and he , therefore , wrote to Lord Castlereagh on the 7th June ,* As I am determined not to give up the military profession , and as I know that I can be of ...
... that his application was not in the first instance favourably entertained , and he , therefore , wrote to Lord Castlereagh on the 7th June ,* As I am determined not to give up the military profession , and as I know that I can be of ...
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But the only reasons he gives for the latter belief are that the phraseology is not the Duke's and the inferences to ... Russian , German , and Italians , defend a position in line , provided the assailants give them time to deploy .
But the only reasons he gives for the latter belief are that the phraseology is not the Duke's and the inferences to ... Russian , German , and Italians , defend a position in line , provided the assailants give them time to deploy .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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