The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 13
... portions of his own letters , without paying sufficient attention to contemporary evidence or observing entire impartiality in regard to the merits of others . The expressions in the above letters , showing what Colonel Wellesley ...
... portions of his own letters , without paying sufficient attention to contemporary evidence or observing entire impartiality in regard to the merits of others . The expressions in the above letters , showing what Colonel Wellesley ...
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... portions of conversations , or descriptions , or opinions , from the Duke's lips ; but the effect , as might be expected , is generally disappointing . We have selected the one just cited as one of the best in- stances ; but the ...
... portions of conversations , or descriptions , or opinions , from the Duke's lips ; but the effect , as might be expected , is generally disappointing . We have selected the one just cited as one of the best in- stances ; but the ...
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... portions of this somewhat long extract , which is taken from the same letter as we quoted above , in order to point out how different were General Wellesley's real feelings from those which Mr. Gleig , following upon other writers , has ...
... portions of this somewhat long extract , which is taken from the same letter as we quoted above , in order to point out how different were General Wellesley's real feelings from those which Mr. Gleig , following upon other writers , has ...
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... portion of bread per day , so insufficient as to reduce them almost to starvation . We became so weak and emaciated , " says Marteilhe , ' that it was well for us that a little rotten straw filled with vermin , on which we lay , was ...
... portion of bread per day , so insufficient as to reduce them almost to starvation . We became so weak and emaciated , " says Marteilhe , ' that it was well for us that a little rotten straw filled with vermin , on which we lay , was ...
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... portion was broken off the fracture exhibited a granulated appearace , like broken steel . This iron , or rather steel , ' says Park , ' is formed into various instruments by being repeatedly heated in a forge , the heat of which is ...
... portion was broken off the fracture exhibited a granulated appearace , like broken steel . This iron , or rather steel , ' says Park , ' is formed into various instruments by being repeatedly heated in a forge , the heat of which is ...
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