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... he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first , but that he formed a very high opinion of him on better acquaintance , during the latter part of the voyage , and believed they would hear great things of him afterwards .
... he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first , but that he formed a very high opinion of him on better acquaintance , during the latter part of the voyage , and believed they would hear great things of him afterwards .
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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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... not have pleased me by placing him in any situation in which his appointment could be injurious to the public service . My opinion , or rather knowledge and experience of his discretion , judg- ment , temper , and integrity are such ...
... not have pleased me by placing him in any situation in which his appointment could be injurious to the public service . My opinion , or rather knowledge and experience of his discretion , judg- ment , temper , and integrity are such ...
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We pursued them as long as daylight lasted , and the exhausted state of the men and horses would allow , and slept on the field . " " Mr. Gleig intersperses his work with many portions of conversations , or descriptions , or opinions ...
We pursued them as long as daylight lasted , and the exhausted state of the men and horses would allow , and slept on the field . " " Mr. Gleig intersperses his work with many portions of conversations , or descriptions , or opinions ...
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Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was no one to whom he was so little reserved , or of whom he had a higher opinion than the late Sir John Malcolm . A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was ...
Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was no one to whom he was so little reserved , or of whom he had a higher opinion than the late Sir John Malcolm . A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was ...
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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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