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... we are not told at what age , to a preparatory school - not an expensive establishment ' — in Chelsea , where he learned little , ' and ' to which the only references which he was ever known to make were the reverse of flattering .
... we are not told at what age , to a preparatory school - not an expensive establishment ' — in Chelsea , where he learned little , ' and ' to which the only references which he was ever known to make were the reverse of flattering .
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... 1792 , he exchanged into the 18th Light Dragoons - which Mr. Gleig omits to mention . He was promoted on the 30th April , 1793 , to a Majority in the 33rd , and he remained in that regiment , as is well known , for many years .
... 1792 , he exchanged into the 18th Light Dragoons - which Mr. Gleig omits to mention . He was promoted on the 30th April , 1793 , to a Majority in the 33rd , and he remained in that regiment , as is well known , for many years .
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His expression was , " it makes a slave of a man : I have often known what it was to be in want of money , but I never got into debt . " . It is not , therefore , very pro- bable , had the Dublin stories been authentic , that the Duke ...
His expression was , " it makes a slave of a man : I have often known what it was to be in want of money , but I never got into debt . " . It is not , therefore , very pro- bable , had the Dublin stories been authentic , that the Duke ...
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The various versions of the Duke's life differ from one another , and cannot , therefore , all be correct ; but that which we have given above is as faithful a summary as we can offer of that which is known of his early youth .
The various versions of the Duke's life differ from one another , and cannot , therefore , all be correct ; but that which we have given above is as faithful a summary as we can offer of that which is known of his early youth .
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No man can be known until he is tried ; or appre- ciated , especially when characterised by much natural reserve , until opportunities arise for the display of his powers . Colonel Wellesley had , according to Mr. Gleig's own account ...
No man can be known until he is tried ; or appre- ciated , especially when characterised by much natural reserve , until opportunities arise for the display of his powers . Colonel Wellesley had , according to Mr. Gleig's own account ...
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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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