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He continually refers in his published letters and despatches , up to the time when he received the Seringapatam prize - money , to to the excess of his expenditure over his income , 6 The Personal Life of Wellington .
He continually refers in his published letters and despatches , up to the time when he received the Seringapatam prize - money , to to the excess of his expenditure over his income , 6 The Personal Life of Wellington .
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We have heard on the best authority , and from different . sources , of an interesting letter which was written home by Cap- tain Malcolm after that voyage , to the effect that he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first ...
We have heard on the best authority , and from different . sources , of an interesting letter which was written home by Cap- tain Malcolm after that voyage , to the effect that he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first ...
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Colonel Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . i . p . 17 ' Supplementary Despatches . ' ' In a letter which I wrote to you , I believe in the month of March , I pressed you to look to the ...
Colonel Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . i . p . 17 ' Supplementary Despatches . ' ' In a letter which I wrote to you , I believe in the month of March , I pressed you to look to the ...
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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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... while he engages at the same time to use his influence with the army for his support , whether he is right or wrong . Mr. Gleig remarks on the first of these letters , ' From this generous resolution Colonel Wellesley never departed ...
... while he engages at the same time to use his influence with the army for his support , whether he is right or wrong . Mr. Gleig remarks on the first of these letters , ' From this generous resolution Colonel Wellesley never departed ...
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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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