The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... reason to disbelieve that Arthur Wesley's birth occurred in one of the three months referred to of the year which also ushered Napoleon Buonaparte into the world - 1769 . It hardly matters which , as between March , April , and May ...
... reason to disbelieve that Arthur Wesley's birth occurred in one of the three months referred to of the year which also ushered Napoleon Buonaparte into the world - 1769 . It hardly matters which , as between March , April , and May ...
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... reasons for acting as he did ; and after administering to him a sharp rebuke , he allowed him to withdraw his angry letters of remonstrance , and gave him credit not only for his own gallantry , but also for the arrangements which he ...
... reasons for acting as he did ; and after administering to him a sharp rebuke , he allowed him to withdraw his angry letters of remonstrance , and gave him credit not only for his own gallantry , but also for the arrangements which he ...
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... reason , upon him . Mr. Gleig says : - ' Colonel Wellesley was not free from the weaknesses which apper- tain to men in general , however marvellous might be his power to overcome them . He felt keenly enough the slight that had been ...
... reason , upon him . Mr. Gleig says : - ' Colonel Wellesley was not free from the weaknesses which apper- tain to men in general , however marvellous might be his power to overcome them . He felt keenly enough the slight that had been ...
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... reason to believe that they were used by the Sikhs in their latest struggle with the British army , -and Sir Howard Douglas tells us in his work on military bridges that he was prepared to use rafts of that kind , if necessary , in ...
... reason to believe that they were used by the Sikhs in their latest struggle with the British army , -and Sir Howard Douglas tells us in his work on military bridges that he was prepared to use rafts of that kind , if necessary , in ...
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... reason for which I should involve myself in fresh troubles and difficulties , with which I have hitherto had no concern . I look to England , and I con- ceive that my views in life will be advanced by returning there . I don't conceive ...
... reason for which I should involve myself in fresh troubles and difficulties , with which I have hitherto had no concern . I look to England , and I con- ceive that my views in life will be advanced by returning there . I don't conceive ...
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