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But though deterred for the time , Mr. Gleig's passion had its way in the end ; for when the work of M. Brialmont , a Belgian officer , appeared to him ( after the Duke's death ) to steer between the ' wild ' criticisms of French ...
But though deterred for the time , Mr. Gleig's passion had its way in the end ; for when the work of M. Brialmont , a Belgian officer , appeared to him ( after the Duke's death ) to steer between the ' wild ' criticisms of French ...
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To prove that he was , as a young officer , ' a shy and awkward lad , in whom the fair sex in particular saw nothing ... By and by the party broke up , when the other officers present were taken home by their lady friends , while young ...
To prove that he was , as a young officer , ' a shy and awkward lad , in whom the fair sex in particular saw nothing ... By and by the party broke up , when the other officers present were taken home by their lady friends , while young ...
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Citizen ' Tippoo Sahib , in communication with the French Re- publicans , was preparing , with 50,000 men trained by French officers , to attack Madras . Colonel Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at ...
Citizen ' Tippoo Sahib , in communication with the French Re- publicans , was preparing , with 50,000 men trained by French officers , to attack Madras . Colonel Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at ...
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He obtained command of a division on the Mysore frontier on the death of a senior officer , and the ' general superintendence remained , ' as Gurwood says , p . 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb. 1799 , ' when General Harris ...
He obtained command of a division on the Mysore frontier on the death of a senior officer , and the ' general superintendence remained , ' as Gurwood says , p . 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb. 1799 , ' when General Harris ...
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In my opinion he is at present awkwardly situated , and he will require all the powers which can be given him to keep in order the officers who will be in his army . Your presence will diminish his powers , at the same time that as it ...
In my opinion he is at present awkwardly situated , and he will require all the powers which can be given him to keep in order the officers who will be in his army . Your presence will diminish his powers , at the same time that as it ...
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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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