The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... writers ' - Mr . Gleig translated it from the French , added con- siderably to the text , and wrote a translator's preface to it , from which we have taken the above quotation . He tells us in that preface that the book of M. Brialmont ...
... writers ' - Mr . Gleig translated it from the French , added con- siderably to the text , and wrote a translator's preface to it , from which we have taken the above quotation . He tells us in that preface that the book of M. Brialmont ...
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... writer seemed to afford an additional guarantee for the fairness and impartiality of the Life . Indeed there appeared to be a special propriety in the concurrence of a continental with a British pen in recording the career of one who ...
... writer seemed to afford an additional guarantee for the fairness and impartiality of the Life . Indeed there appeared to be a special propriety in the concurrence of a continental with a British pen in recording the career of one who ...
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... Eton to a tutor in Brighton . According to some writers by the interest of Lord Westmorland , on whose staff he served in Dublin . serving serving in both ; because he appears to have joined 4 The Personal Life of Wellington .
... Eton to a tutor in Brighton . According to some writers by the interest of Lord Westmorland , on whose staff he served in Dublin . serving serving in both ; because he appears to have joined 4 The Personal Life of Wellington .
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... writers to The Colonel was represented as make a great deal of that reverse . losing not only his way , but his head ; and returning alone in a state of utter despondency to the tent of General Harris . superstructure of romance built ...
... writers to The Colonel was represented as make a great deal of that reverse . losing not only his way , but his head ; and returning alone in a state of utter despondency to the tent of General Harris . superstructure of romance built ...
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... writing to General Harris , t- With respect to the language which you say people held of my brother's appointment to command in Seringapatam , you know that I never recommended my brother to you , and of course never suggested how , or ...
... writing to General Harris , t- With respect to the language which you say people held of my brother's appointment to command in Seringapatam , you know that I never recommended my brother to you , and of course never suggested how , or ...
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