The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 16
... probably have been heard of it if it had happened to any one else ; but it afforded to our great soldier a lesson of the difficulties attendant upon such operations , which was , we may be sure , well remembered . General Harris conside ...
... probably have been heard of it if it had happened to any one else ; but it afforded to our great soldier a lesson of the difficulties attendant upon such operations , which was , we may be sure , well remembered . General Harris conside ...
Page 18
... probably never shall be when I am , it will be time enough to call upon you . ' The Duke's generosity was , as is well known , conspicuously displayed in his protection of the son of Dhoondiah Waugh , the ' King of the World . ' He had ...
... probably never shall be when I am , it will be time enough to call upon you . ' The Duke's generosity was , as is well known , conspicuously displayed in his protection of the son of Dhoondiah Waugh , the ' King of the World . ' He had ...
Page 25
... probably did not carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - ' No ; we had no pontoons in those days . We crossed the rivers either by fords , or when these failed us by bridges resting upon inflated skins . In fact ...
... probably did not carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - ' No ; we had no pontoons in those days . We crossed the rivers either by fords , or when these failed us by bridges resting upon inflated skins . In fact ...
Page 40
... , whether by release or death . One of the most complete of these lists , that of M. M. Haag , gives a total - probably below the truth - of no less less than 1480 convicts , condemned to the galleys for 40 The Hugonots at the Galleys .
... , whether by release or death . One of the most complete of these lists , that of M. M. Haag , gives a total - probably below the truth - of no less less than 1480 convicts , condemned to the galleys for 40 The Hugonots at the Galleys .
Page 49
... probably very few of those who use the illustration realise its force . It is observed by the writer of this narrative that by stress of torture men may be got to do that which would be otherwise impossible . He illustrates this by his ...
... probably very few of those who use the illustration realise its force . It is observed by the writer of this narrative that by stress of torture men may be got to do that which would be otherwise impossible . He illustrates this by his ...
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