The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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... 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 a dreamy , idle , and shy lad . ' He ...
... 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 a dreamy , idle , and shy lad . ' He ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... remained at the Vice- regal Court till April , 1793 . Having been unable to obtain , for want of pecuniary means , the hand of the Lady Catherine Pakenham , he volunteered on the earliest opportunity , as young officers are accustomed ...
... remained at the Vice- regal Court till April , 1793 . Having been unable to obtain , for want of pecuniary means , the hand of the Lady Catherine Pakenham , he volunteered on the earliest opportunity , as young officers are accustomed ...
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... remained with him to the last , of acquainting himself in all manner of odd ways with everything worthy of notice that passed around him . ' În other words , he educated himself , in his own way , for the battle of life , as all must do ...
... remained with him to the last , of acquainting himself in all manner of odd ways with everything worthy of notice that passed around him . ' În other words , he educated himself , in his own way , for the battle of life , as all must do ...
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... remained , ' as Gurwood says , p . 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb. 1799 , ' when General Harris arrived to assume the personal command of the army , which had proceeded to Vellore . Three letters here quoted by Mr. Gleig ...
... remained , ' as Gurwood says , p . 12 , vol . i . , ' with him , until Feb. 1799 , ' when General Harris arrived to assume the personal command of the army , which had proceeded to Vellore . Three letters here quoted by Mr. Gleig ...
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