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This is a fact that , I apprehend , is unknown as to the Duke of Wellington , and it is a very important one .'- Notes on the Battle of Waterloo , by the late General Sir James Shaw Kennedy , K.C.B. , & c . London , 1865 .
This is a fact that , I apprehend , is unknown as to the Duke of Wellington , and it is a very important one .'- Notes on the Battle of Waterloo , by the late General Sir James Shaw Kennedy , K.C.B. , & c . London , 1865 .
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He had given up a lucrative and highly important office at Mysore , to take command , as he hoped , of this expedition , whatever its destination ; and then , scarcely appreciating the very delicate position of the Governor- General ...
He had given up a lucrative and highly important office at Mysore , to take command , as he hoped , of this expedition , whatever its destination ; and then , scarcely appreciating the very delicate position of the Governor- General ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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We next come to Sir Arthur's appointment , with 80007. a year , to the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland , in which office , amongst other important trusts , the duty was committed to him , of ' managing what were called the political ...
We next come to Sir Arthur's appointment , with 80007. a year , to the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland , in which office , amongst other important trusts , the duty was committed to him , of ' managing what were called the political ...
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... of conquering Spanish America in revenge for the disaster of Buenos Ayres fell to the ground on the receipt of the important intelligence that the Spanish nation had risen against their French invaders . Sir Arthur Wellesley had ...
... of conquering Spanish America in revenge for the disaster of Buenos Ayres fell to the ground on the receipt of the important intelligence that the Spanish nation had risen against their French invaders . Sir Arthur Wellesley had ...
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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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