The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... ment must , of course , be taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some ex- planation of the discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at the same time ...
... ment must , of course , be taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some ex- planation of the discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at the same time ...
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... ment , In one of the numerous visits which the Duke of Wellington necessarily paid to Calais , on his way from France to England , during the continuance of the Army of Occupation in France , while walking from the Hotel Dessin to the ...
... ment , In one of the numerous visits which the Duke of Wellington necessarily paid to Calais , on his way from France to England , during the continuance of the Army of Occupation in France , while walking from the Hotel Dessin to the ...
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ment , he voted for his party , spoke little , and attended but slightly to business . His feelings of affection , damped from the first , received a further check in regard to the lady of his choice , and he was left to throw his whole ...
ment , he voted for his party , spoke little , and attended but slightly to business . His feelings of affection , damped from the first , received a further check in regard to the lady of his choice , and he was left to throw his whole ...
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... ments of the different Commissaries , if he did not allow him to make them . It was impossible to make him too respectable , or to hold him too high , if he was to be placed at the head of the army in the field . This want of ...
... ments of the different Commissaries , if he did not allow him to make them . It was impossible to make him too respectable , or to hold him too high , if he was to be placed at the head of the army in the field . This want of ...
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... ment , temper , and integrity are such , that if you had not placed him in Seringapatam , I would have done so of my own authority , because I think him in every point of view the most proper for that service . ' And there can be no ...
... ment , temper , and integrity are such , that if you had not placed him in Seringapatam , I would have done so of my own authority , because I think him in every point of view the most proper for that service . ' And there can be no ...
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