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But Mr. Gleig ' must be permitted to doubt the truth of those stories , which are contradicted , not only by the habits of well - ordered economy , which distinguished him in after life , but by the whole tone and tenor of his ...
But Mr. Gleig ' must be permitted to doubt the truth of those stories , which are contradicted , not only by the habits of well - ordered economy , which distinguished him in after life , but by the whole tone and tenor of his ...
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His feelings of affection , damped from the first , received a further check in regard to the lady of his choice , and he was left to throw his whole energies , when the proper time arrived , into his professional duties , at the same ...
His feelings of affection , damped from the first , received a further check in regard to the lady of his choice , and he was left to throw his whole energies , when the proper time arrived , into his professional duties , at the same ...
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... in a ' half - lethargic ' state , or to have changed his whole nature as further opportunities and responsibilities called forth his. whole * The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . The Personal Life of Wellington .
... in a ' half - lethargic ' state , or to have changed his whole nature as further opportunities and responsibilities called forth his. whole * The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . The Personal Life of Wellington .
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whole nature as further opportunities and responsibilities called forth his latent talents and energies . The truth is , as Mr. Gleig says further on , that ' the experience of war and its requirements which he had accumulated in the ...
whole nature as further opportunities and responsibilities called forth his latent talents and energies . The truth is , as Mr. Gleig says further on , that ' the experience of war and its requirements which he had accumulated in the ...
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If he had obtained the whole of the credit for what had been done , or which he conceived himself to deserve , would that have been the most effective mode of influencing the army to support General Harris ? Could any officer ? not the ...
If he had obtained the whole of the credit for what had been done , or which he conceived himself to deserve , would that have been the most effective mode of influencing the army to support General Harris ? Could any officer ? not the ...
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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 IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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