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Having been unable to obtain , for want of pecuniary means , the hand of the
Lady Catherine Pakenham , he volunteered on the earliest opportunity , as young
officers are accustomed to do under such circumstances , for active service .
Having been unable to obtain , for want of pecuniary means , the hand of the
Lady Catherine Pakenham , he volunteered on the earliest opportunity , as young
officers are accustomed to do under such circumstances , for active service .
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He complains , on the one hand , of the General under whom he is serving for
appropriating the credit which he claims for himself ; and he expresses
apprehensions , on the other hand , in regard to the same General ' s ' want of
respectability ...
He complains , on the one hand , of the General under whom he is serving for
appropriating the credit which he claims for himself ; and he expresses
apprehensions , on the other hand , in regard to the same General ' s ' want of
respectability ...
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I should think that , if all the hands in the marine yard were applied to this object
only for the next fortnight or three weeks ( and they cannot have a more important
one ) , it might still be possible to supply the pontoons in good time . At Pp . 88 ...
I should think that , if all the hands in the marine yard were applied to this object
only for the next fortnight or three weeks ( and they cannot have a more important
one ) , it might still be possible to supply the pontoons in good time . At Pp . 88 ...
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His advice was not followed ; but Lord Mornington persuaded him , on the other
hand , to return once more to Seringapatam . In the beginning of 1805 , however ,
no considerations were strong enough to keep him in the country . On the 1st ...
His advice was not followed ; but Lord Mornington persuaded him , on the other
hand , to return once more to Seringapatam . In the beginning of 1805 , however ,
no considerations were strong enough to keep him in the country . On the 1st ...
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... are crying out for my return . ' On the other hand , he strongly recommended
Malcolm not to return to England as long as he could retain his office , and as his
health would allow of his remaining in India . his The Personal Life of Wellington .
... are crying out for my return . ' On the other hand , he strongly recommended
Malcolm not to return to England as long as he could retain his office , and as his
health would allow of his remaining in India . his The Personal Life of Wellington .
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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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