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+ Acrording to some writers by the interest of Lord Westmorland , on whose staff he served in Dublin . serving for some hours every day ; and alluded to his 4 The Personal Life of Wellington .
+ Acrording to some writers by the interest of Lord Westmorland , on whose staff he served in Dublin . serving for some hours every day ; and alluded to his 4 The Personal Life of Wellington .
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... integrity , and sound judgment ; or of employing interest in high quarters . He persuaded his brother to accept , to their mutual advantage , the post of Governor - General , which had been offered to him .
... integrity , and sound judgment ; or of employing interest in high quarters . He persuaded his brother to accept , to their mutual advantage , the post of Governor - General , which had been offered to him .
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Three letters here quoted by Mr. Gleig , without date , are of great interest . Conceiving that his exertions had not been properly appreciated , " he wrote to his brother as follows :· The General † expressed his approbation of what I ...
Three letters here quoted by Mr. Gleig , without date , are of great interest . Conceiving that his exertions had not been properly appreciated , " he wrote to his brother as follows :· The General † expressed his approbation of what I ...
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If an officer in my situation is the proper person to be entrusted with the execution of the measures to secure those objects , there must be many equally capable with myself of performing those interest * ' Cornwallis Despatches ...
If an officer in my situation is the proper person to be entrusted with the execution of the measures to secure those objects , there must be many equally capable with myself of performing those interest * ' Cornwallis Despatches ...
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... Duke of Wellington — was in this instance sacrificed to self - interest , for he had served in India for nine years , had finished the work in hand , and was entitled to decline involving himself in fresh troubles and difficulties .
... Duke of Wellington — was in this instance sacrificed to self - interest , for he had served in India for nine years , had finished the work in hand , and was entitled to decline involving himself in fresh troubles and difficulties .
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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 IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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