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... and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -that attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have expected ; and next morning the very plan suggested in his letter of the day before was adopted— according to which , Colonel ...
... and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -that attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have expected ; and next morning the very plan suggested in his letter of the day before was adopted— according to which , Colonel ...
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It seemed , likewise , as if his Indian wars , perhaps because they were the first in which he had an opportunity to control and direct large opera- tions , had made the strongest impression on his memory .
It seemed , likewise , as if his Indian wars , perhaps because they were the first in which he had an opportunity to control and direct large opera- tions , had made the strongest impression on his memory .
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But in direct continuation of the conversation- extract above quoted , Mr. Gleig remarks to him : The rivers must have puzzled you at times , for you probably did not carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - " No ...
But in direct continuation of the conversation- extract above quoted , Mr. Gleig remarks to him : The rivers must have puzzled you at times , for you probably did not carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - " No ...
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... himself a concealed Protestant , and full of sympathy for his prisoners , reported to them this answer : - ' I give you no advice , ' he said , ' as to what you ought to do , your own faith and conscience will best direct you .
... himself a concealed Protestant , and full of sympathy for his prisoners , reported to them this answer : - ' I give you no advice , ' he said , ' as to what you ought to do , your own faith and conscience will best direct you .
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They all obtain the malleable iron direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect modern process in which cast iron is first produced . It is probable that a like primitive method of producing iron was adopted in the infancy of most ...
They all obtain the malleable iron direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect modern process in which cast iron is first produced . It is probable that a like primitive method of producing iron was adopted in the infancy of most ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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