The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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... Wellesley , whose good humour and devotion to the service of the ladies was remarkable , plunged headlong into the vortex , and as he had little to depend upon except his military pay , he soon found that the game was as costly as it ...
... Wellesley , whose good humour and devotion to the service of the ladies was remarkable , plunged headlong into the vortex , and as he had little to depend upon except his military pay , he soon found that the game was as costly as it ...
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... Wellesley ) , who had very little besides his pay , got into debt in Dublin ; that he borrowed money from the boot - maker he lodged with ; and that he left Mr. Dillon , a draper , to settle his affairs , giving up , most creditably , a ...
... Wellesley ) , who had very little besides his pay , got into debt in Dublin ; that he borrowed money from the boot - maker he lodged with ; and that he left Mr. Dillon , a draper , to settle his affairs , giving up , most creditably , a ...
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... Wellesley's high qualities . But he is ' far from supposing that wherever he served his mind would not have awakened sooner or later from the half - lethargic state in which throughout his earlier years it may be said to have lain ...
... Wellesley's high qualities . But he is ' far from supposing that wherever he served his mind would not have awakened sooner or later from the half - lethargic state in which throughout his earlier years it may be said to have lain ...
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... Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . i . p . 17 Supplementary Despatches . ' ' In a letter which I wrote to you , I believe in the month of March , I pressed you to look to the government of ...
... Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . i . p . 17 Supplementary Despatches . ' ' In a letter which I wrote to you , I believe in the month of March , I pressed you to look to the government of ...
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... Wellesley's arrangements that he conceived it to be an imperative duty to publish a General Order conveying commendation of the merits of Colonel Wellesley during his tem- porary command . ' While Mr. Gleig says , at p . 21 - Such ...
... Wellesley's arrangements that he conceived it to be an imperative duty to publish a General Order conveying commendation of the merits of Colonel Wellesley during his tem- porary command . ' While Mr. Gleig says , at p . 21 - Such ...
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