The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... success as a scholar , contracted few special intimacies , and laid the foundation of no lasting friend- ships . He lived , indeed , a life of contemplative solitude . He walked alone , bathed alone , and seldom took part in cricket ...
... success as a scholar , contracted few special intimacies , and laid the foundation of no lasting friend- ships . He lived , indeed , a life of contemplative solitude . He walked alone , bathed alone , and seldom took part in cricket ...
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... success of his subsequent career has been partly attributed to the advantage which he derived from * Other authors represent him to have gone from Eton to a tutor in Brighton . According to some writers by the interest of Lord ...
... success of his subsequent career has been partly attributed to the advantage which he derived from * Other authors represent him to have gone from Eton to a tutor in Brighton . According to some writers by the interest of Lord ...
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... successful as could have been wished . The fact is , that the night was very dark , that the enemy expected us , and were strongly posted in an almost impenetrable jungle , we lost one officer killed , and nine men of the 33rd wounded ...
... successful as could have been wished . The fact is , that the night was very dark , that the enemy expected us , and were strongly posted in an almost impenetrable jungle , we lost one officer killed , and nine men of the 33rd wounded ...
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... of his sagacity in foreseeing failure from one course and success from * But often quoted from Gurwood , vol . i . p . 23 . another ; another ; and , however vexed Colonel Wellesley might have The Personal Life of Wellington . 15.
... of his sagacity in foreseeing failure from one course and success from * But often quoted from Gurwood , vol . i . p . 23 . another ; another ; and , however vexed Colonel Wellesley might have The Personal Life of Wellington . 15.
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... successful , and the position of the army was established before Seringa patam . Mr. Lushington * quotes a letter which ... success was necessary to the existence of the army . When the breaching batteries which had been dragged so many ...
... successful , and the position of the army was established before Seringa patam . Mr. Lushington * quotes a letter which ... success was necessary to the existence of the army . When the breaching batteries which had been dragged so many ...
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