The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 5
... 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 . With that view he applied to his brother , Lord ...
... 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 . With that view he applied to his brother , Lord ...
Page 6
... mean - than that the circumstantial and uncontra- dicted statements of former years should have been untrue . He continually refers in his published letters and despatches , up to the time when he received the Seringapatam prize - money ...
... mean - than that the circumstantial and uncontra- dicted statements of former years should have been untrue . He continually refers in his published letters and despatches , up to the time when he received the Seringapatam prize - money ...
Page 10
... means ; of obtaining credit for his ability , 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 ...
... means ; of obtaining credit for his ability , 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 ...
Page 15
... mean the post to be established , and I shall therefore be obliged to you if you will do me the favour to meet me this afternoon in front of the lines , and show it to me . In the mean time I will order my battalions to be in readiness ...
... mean the post to be established , and I shall therefore be obliged to you if you will do me the favour to meet me this afternoon in front of the lines , and show it to me . In the mean time I will order my battalions to be in readiness ...
Page 16
... means impossible from that letter that notwithstanding the note to Lord Harris , Colonel Wellesley was left without any sufficiently precise indication of what was expected of him . The failure was , as it turned out , a trifling matter ...
... means impossible from that letter that notwithstanding the note to Lord Harris , Colonel Wellesley was left without any sufficiently precise indication of what was expected of him . The failure was , as it turned out , a trifling matter ...
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