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... from which we have taken the above quotation . He tells us in that preface that
the book of M . Brialmont is executed in more than its military details with singular
ability , and that . M . Brialmont writes of the Duke of Wellington as if the public ...
... from which we have taken the above quotation . He tells us in that preface that
the book of M . Brialmont is executed in more than its military details with singular
ability , and that . M . Brialmont writes of the Duke of Wellington as if the public ...
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Mr. Gleig says “ she seems to have taken it into her head that he was the dunce
of the family , and to have treated him harshly , if not with marked neglect . He
was sent , being very young , ' though we are not told at what age , to a
preparatory ...
Mr. Gleig says “ she seems to have taken it into her head that he was the dunce
of the family , and to have treated him harshly , if not with marked neglect . He
was sent , being very young , ' though we are not told at what age , to a
preparatory ...
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By and by the party broke up , when the other officers present were taken home
by their lady friends , while young Wesley was by common consent left to travel
with the fiddlers . Old Lady Aldborough on one occasion put the Duke in mind of ...
By and by the party broke up , when the other officers present were taken home
by their lady friends , while young Wesley was by common consent left to travel
with the fiddlers . Old Lady Aldborough on one occasion put the Duke in mind of ...
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The later statement must , of course , be taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature
judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some explanation of the
discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at
the same ...
The later statement must , of course , be taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature
judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some explanation of the
discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at
the same ...
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... have expected ; and next morning the very plan suggested in his letter of the
day before was adoptedaccording to which , Colonel Wellesley turned the tope
by a movement on both its flanks , the enemy retreated , and the position was
taken ...
... have expected ; and next morning the very plan suggested in his letter of the
day before was adoptedaccording to which , Colonel Wellesley turned the tope
by a movement on both its flanks , the enemy retreated , and the position was
taken ...
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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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