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Colonel Wellesley was as yet by no means relieved from anxiety in regard to his pecuniary affairs , for he wrote to his brother , - " Nor was it until four men had been executed for plunder that perfect tran- quillity was restored .
Colonel Wellesley was as yet by no means relieved from anxiety in regard to his pecuniary affairs , for he wrote to his brother , - " Nor was it until four men had been executed for plunder that perfect tran- quillity was restored .
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... 100 Lascars , four 12 - pounders , six 6 - pounders , and 2 howitzer , guns . The despatch commences - Sir , The Governor - General in Council has judged it necessary , in consequence of the late successes of the French in Europe ...
... 100 Lascars , four 12 - pounders , six 6 - pounders , and 2 howitzer , guns . The despatch commences - Sir , The Governor - General in Council has judged it necessary , in consequence of the late successes of the French in Europe ...
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... less than twenty - four hours the whole was settled . Before Sir Arthur started for Portugal , a conversation occurred between between him and Mr. Croker in London , which was 34 The Personal Life of Wellington .
... less than twenty - four hours the whole was settled . Before Sir Arthur started for Portugal , a conversation occurred between between him and Mr. Croker in London , which was 34 The Personal Life of Wellington .
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The instruments which kinds - they were four The keen blades of he employed for this service were of two Jesuit fathers and a regiment of dragoons . the latter were found even more efficacious in subduing heresy than the arguments of ...
The instruments which kinds - they were four The keen blades of he employed for this service were of two Jesuit fathers and a regiment of dragoons . the latter were found even more efficacious in subduing heresy than the arguments of ...
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Nay , he adds that he had himself been forced to row with all his strength for twenty- four hours at a time without any cessation . On such occasions the Comites put into the rowers ' mouths as they pulled pieces of bread dipped in wine ...
Nay , he adds that he had himself been forced to row with all his strength for twenty- four hours at a time without any cessation . On such occasions the Comites put into the rowers ' mouths as they pulled pieces of bread dipped in wine ...
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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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