The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... head that he was the dunce of the family , and to have treated him harshly , if not with marked neglect . ' He was sent , being very young , ' though we are not told at what age , to a preparatory school - not an expensive establishment ...
... head that he was the dunce of the family , and to have treated him harshly , if not with marked neglect . ' He was sent , being very young , ' though we are not told at what age , to a preparatory school - not an expensive establishment ...
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... head . The various versions of the Duke's life differ from one another , and cannot , therefore , all be correct ; but that which we have given above is as faithful a summary as we can offer of that which is known of his early youth ...
... head . The various versions of the Duke's life differ from one another , and cannot , therefore , all be correct ; but that which we have given above is as faithful a summary as we can offer of that which is known of his early youth ...
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... head - quarters , and thrown aside unopened , with a remark , That will keep till to - morrow morning . It has always been a marvel to me how any one of us escaped . ' On his return to England , early in 1795 , Colonel Wesley was ...
... head - quarters , and thrown aside unopened , with a remark , That will keep till to - morrow morning . It has always been a marvel to me how any one of us escaped . ' On his return to England , early in 1795 , Colonel Wesley was ...
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... heads of corps and departments , he was so pleased with all Colonel Wellesley's arrangements that he conceived it to be an imperative duty to publish a General Order conveying commendation of the merits of Colonel Wellesley during his ...
... heads of corps and departments , he was so pleased with all Colonel Wellesley's arrangements that he conceived it to be an imperative duty to publish a General Order conveying commendation of the merits of Colonel Wellesley during his ...
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... head of the army in the field . This want of respectability , which is to be attri- buted in a great measure to the General himself , is what I am most afraid of . However , I have lectured him well on the subject , and I have urged ...
... head of the army in the field . This want of respectability , which is to be attri- buted in a great measure to the General himself , is what I am most afraid of . However , I have lectured him well on the subject , and I have urged ...
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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, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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