The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 14
... charge of cavalry . In regard to the celebrated night - attack on the Sultaun- pettah Tope before Seringapatam , Mr. Gleig says : — ' It was at one time , I believe , a favourite pastime , with writers to make a great deal of that ...
... charge of cavalry . In regard to the celebrated night - attack on the Sultaun- pettah Tope before Seringapatam , Mr. Gleig says : — ' It was at one time , I believe , a favourite pastime , with writers to make a great deal of that ...
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was engaged in an exciting campaign , and was in charge of an extensive district , in which , as his far - seeing sagacity could hardly fail to tell him , there was much work still to be done and much credit to be gained . · The ...
was engaged in an exciting campaign , and was in charge of an extensive district , in which , as his far - seeing sagacity could hardly fail to tell him , there was much work still to be done and much credit to be gained . · The ...
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... charge of his province till his return to England in 1805 . Mr. Gleig says : - ' To those who lived on terms of any intimacy with the Duke , there was nothing so agreeable as to get him , when in a communicative mood , on the subject of ...
... charge of his province till his return to England in 1805 . Mr. Gleig says : - ' To those who lived on terms of any intimacy with the Duke , there was nothing so agreeable as to get him , when in a communicative mood , on the subject of ...
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... charged with them . But , surely , it is not exactly reasonable to expect that I should remain in a subordinate situation , contrary to my inclination , only to involve myself in fresh troubles and difficulties . I am posi- tively ...
... charged with them . But , surely , it is not exactly reasonable to expect that I should remain in a subordinate situation , contrary to my inclination , only to involve myself in fresh troubles and difficulties . I am posi- tively ...
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... charges of the columns of the Guard with his English troops in line , but he did not venture to trust his foreign troops in that formation at any time during the battle . At the time of the conversation objected to by Mr. Gleig ...
... charges of the columns of the Guard with his English troops in line , but he did not venture to trust his foreign troops in that formation at any time during the battle . At the time of the conversation objected to by Mr. Gleig ...
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