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... the game was as costly as it was agreeable . ' The change of name from
Wesley to Wellesley , which will be observed in this extract , but which is
afterwards stated by Mr . Gleig , at page 16 of the People ' s Edition , ' to have
occurred in India ...
... the game was as costly as it was agreeable . ' The change of name from
Wesley to Wellesley , which will be observed in this extract , but which is
afterwards stated by Mr . Gleig , at page 16 of the People ' s Edition , ' to have
occurred in India ...
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... his having commenced acting upon this rule before he went to India , and to his
having continued to act upon it . This is a fact that , I apprehend , is unknown as to
the Duke of Wellington , and it is a very important one . ' - - Notes on the Battle ...
... his having commenced acting upon this rule before he went to India , and to his
having continued to act upon it . This is a fact that , I apprehend , is unknown as to
the Duke of Wellington , and it is a very important one . ' - - Notes on the Battle ...
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When the regiment embarked for India , in April , 1796 , he was unable , from
illness , to accompany it . He overtook it , however , at the Cape of Good Hope ,
and taking passage with Sir Pulteney ( then Captain ) Malcolm in the · Fox , '
landed ...
When the regiment embarked for India , in April , 1796 , he was unable , from
illness , to accompany it . He overtook it , however , at the Cape of Good Hope ,
and taking passage with Sir Pulteney ( then Captain ) Malcolm in the · Fox , '
landed ...
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He set to work again as soon as he reached India , to acquire information , not
only as to the military situation , but also in regard to the political relations of the
Company . Having learnt all he could in Bengal , he visited his old friend Lord ...
He set to work again as soon as he reached India , to acquire information , not
only as to the military situation , but also in regard to the political relations of the
Company . Having learnt all he could in Bengal , he visited his old friend Lord ...
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... before been heard of on that side of India , and General Harris wrote of them
privately to the Governor - General in terms of high commendation . But there the
matter ended . ' † 27th February , 1799 , ' Supplementary Despatches , ' vol . i . p .
... before been heard of on that side of India , and General Harris wrote of them
privately to the Governor - General in terms of high commendation . But there the
matter ended . ' † 27th February , 1799 , ' Supplementary Despatches , ' vol . i . p .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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