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... you in your government ; but such are the rules respecting the disposal of all patronage in this country , that I can't expect to derive any advantage from it , which I should not obtain if any other person were Governor - General .
... you in your government ; but such are the rules respecting the disposal of all patronage in this country , that I can't expect to derive any advantage from it , which I should not obtain if any other person were Governor - General .
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When Lord Mornington repaired in person to the Madras Pre- sidency , in accordance with his advice , and proposed further a wish to join the camp , he afterwards wrote again plainly to him , + - Your presence in the camp , instead of ...
When Lord Mornington repaired in person to the Madras Pre- sidency , in accordance with his advice , and proposed further a wish to join the camp , he afterwards wrote again plainly to him , + - Your presence in the camp , instead of ...
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He had also determined , as he said to Captain ( afterwards Sir John ) Malcolm , to lead the rest of the army in person if necessary , as a last resource .
He had also determined , as he said to Captain ( afterwards Sir John ) Malcolm , to lead the rest of the army in person if necessary , as a last resource .
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We may add that Baird carried the place with great gallantry by a midday assault , and applied in the evening to be relieved for a short time that he might report the details of his success in person . Colonel Wellesley followed him ...
We may add that Baird carried the place with great gallantry by a midday assault , and applied in the evening to be relieved for a short time that he might report the details of his success in person . Colonel Wellesley followed him ...
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If an officer in my situation is the proper person to be entrusted with the execution of the measures to secure those objects , there must be many equally capable with myself of performing those those duties .
If an officer in my situation is the proper person to be entrusted with the execution of the measures to secure those objects , there must be many equally capable with myself of performing those those duties .
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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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