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... if the possession of the tope itself was the object , it could be obtained without so dangerous an experiment , by a movement on each side of it to the open bank of the nullah , the possession of which would involve that of the tope ...
... if the possession of the tope itself was the object , it could be obtained without so dangerous an experiment , by a movement on each side of it to the open bank of the nullah , the possession of which would involve that of the tope ...
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... he must have had the consolation -however inadequate - of having foreseen it , and of having suggested as well as executed , the manoeuvre which so easily accomplished the desired object on the morning of the 6th .
... he must have had the consolation -however inadequate - of having foreseen it , and of having suggested as well as executed , the manoeuvre which so easily accomplished the desired object on the morning of the 6th .
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... much to return to England and embark in a European in place of an Indian career , that his bodily health became seriously affected , though his vigour returned to him almost as soon as his mind was made up and his object attained .
... much to return to England and embark in a European in place of an Indian career , that his bodily health became seriously affected , though his vigour returned to him almost as soon as his mind was made up and his object attained .
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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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I don't conceive that any man has a right to call upon me to remain in a subordinate situation in this country , contrary to my inclination , only because it will suit his views , and will forward objects for which he has been labouring ...
I don't conceive that any man has a right to call upon me to remain in a subordinate situation in this country , contrary to my inclination , only because it will suit his views , and will forward objects for which he has been labouring ...
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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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