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He was transferred to Eton , where he only remained long enough to make his
way into the remove . Having been ill - prepared he never took a good place
there , and his habits , “ in school and out of school , ' are stated to have been
those of ...
He was transferred to Eton , where he only remained long enough to make his
way into the remove . Having been ill - prepared he never took a good place
there , and his habits , “ in school and out of school , ' are stated to have been
those of ...
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He remained there a year and a half or two years under Pignerol , an engineer of
eminence ; but there are no records of his mode of life there , though he made , it
would appear , better use of his time than at Eton or Chelsea , and learnt to ...
He remained there a year and a half or two years under Pignerol , an engineer of
eminence ; but there are no records of his mode of life there , though he made , it
would appear , better use of his time than at Eton or Chelsea , and learnt to ...
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serving in both ; because he appears to have joined the staff of Lord
Westmorland , then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , soon after he received his
commission , and to have remained at the Viceregal Court till April , 1793 .
Having been unable to ...
serving in both ; because he appears to have joined the staff of Lord
Westmorland , then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , soon after he received his
commission , and to have remained at the Viceregal Court till April , 1793 .
Having been unable to ...
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He acquired indeed , Mr. Gleig tells us , a habit from the outset , which remained
with him to the last , of acquainting himself in all manner of odd ways with
everything worthy of notice that passed around him . ' In other words , he
educated ...
He acquired indeed , Mr. Gleig tells us , a habit from the outset , which remained
with him to the last , of acquainting himself in all manner of odd ways with
everything worthy of notice that passed around him . ' In other words , he
educated ...
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He obtained command of a division on the Mysore frontier on the death of a
senior officer , and the general superintendence remained , ' as Gurwood says , p
. 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb . 1799 , ' when General Harris arrived to
assume ...
He obtained command of a division on the Mysore frontier on the death of a
senior officer , and the general superintendence remained , ' as Gurwood says , p
. 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb . 1799 , ' when General Harris arrived to
assume ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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