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... and ' Washington and New Orleans , ' and of many other valuable works - himself a soldier , as well as a scholar and a divine- Mr. Gleig might be expected to produce a model work , worthy of imitation by all future chroniclers .
... and ' Washington and New Orleans , ' and of many other valuable works - himself a soldier , as well as a scholar and a divine- Mr. Gleig might be expected to produce a model work , worthy of imitation by all future chroniclers .
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... have produced so great a change of character . Could the young officer ' have emerged from hobble- * * We find in a note by the present Duke , at p . 52 of the Supplementary Despatches , ' that Lord Mornington's family adopted the ...
... have produced so great a change of character . Could the young officer ' have emerged from hobble- * * We find in a note by the present Duke , at p . 52 of the Supplementary Despatches , ' that Lord Mornington's family adopted the ...
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Some such reflections must occur to almost any reader of these pages ; and exaggerations of disinterested- ness in a great man's memoirs have an effect contrary to that which they are intended to produce , especially when they are at ...
Some such reflections must occur to almost any reader of these pages ; and exaggerations of disinterested- ness in a great man's memoirs have an effect contrary to that which they are intended to produce , especially when they are at ...
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It produced a great effect , and Sir Arthur's views were unanimously adopted by the Cabinet on the refusal of the Spaniards to receive a British garrison at Cadiz . The grand opportunity for which our great soldier had been yearning and ...
It produced a great effect , and Sir Arthur's views were unanimously adopted by the Cabinet on the refusal of the Spaniards to receive a British garrison at Cadiz . The grand opportunity for which our great soldier had been yearning and ...
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Du Chaillu gives a similar account of the native methods of producing iron among the Fans , who are said to be among the ... iron direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect modern process in which cast iron is first produced .
Du Chaillu gives a similar account of the native methods of producing iron among the Fans , who are said to be among the ... iron direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect modern process in which cast iron is first produced .
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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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