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... in Gurwood's précis ; and there seems at all events to be no reason to disbelieve that Arthur Wesley's birth occurred in one of the three months referred to of the year which also ushered Napoleon Buonaparte into the world - 1769 .
... in Gurwood's précis ; and there seems at all events to be no reason to disbelieve that Arthur Wesley's birth occurred in one of the three months referred to of the year which also ushered Napoleon Buonaparte into the world - 1769 .
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General Harris had , how- ever , other proper and strong reasons for acting as he did ; and after administering to him a sharp rebuke , he allowed him to withdraw his angry letters of remonstrance , and gave him credit not only for his ...
General Harris had , how- ever , other proper and strong reasons for acting as he did ; and after administering to him a sharp rebuke , he allowed him to withdraw his angry letters of remonstrance , and gave him credit not only for his ...
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... Egypt was finally determined on , and he then offered Colonel Wellesley the alternative of resuming his duties at Mysore , or of going forward as second in command , though he pressed the latter much , for every reason , upon him .
... Egypt was finally determined on , and he then offered Colonel Wellesley the alternative of resuming his duties at Mysore , or of going forward as second in command , though he pressed the latter much , for every reason , upon him .
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Rafts resting on inflated skins have been employed in the East time out of mind , —indeed there is reason to believe that they were used by the Sikhs in their latest struggle with the British army , -and Sir Howard Douglas tells us in ...
Rafts resting on inflated skins have been employed in the East time out of mind , —indeed there is reason to believe that they were used by the Sikhs in their latest struggle with the British army , -and Sir Howard Douglas tells us in ...
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He said , - ' But I acknowledge that I don't exactly see the necessity that I should stay several years in India in order to settle affairs , which , if I had been permitted , I should have settled long ago ; or any reason for which I ...
He said , - ' But I acknowledge that I don't exactly see the necessity that I should stay several years in India in order to settle affairs , which , if I had been permitted , I should have settled long ago ; or any reason for which I ...
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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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