The Quarterly Review, Volume 105William 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 John Murray, 1859 |
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... King in 1765 , colonel of the 33rd regiment in 1766 , major - general in Sept. 1775. During his absence in Germany he had become a member of the House of Commons , having been elected for the family borough of Rye , in January , 1760 ...
... King in 1765 , colonel of the 33rd regiment in 1766 , major - general in Sept. 1775. During his absence in Germany he had become a member of the House of Commons , having been elected for the family borough of Rye , in January , 1760 ...
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... King nor Minister ever thought of me for it . " I then said that if the King or Mr. Pitt had sent for and told me that my waiving my pretensions , and giving them a thou- sand pounds a - year out of my estate , was necessary for the ...
... King nor Minister ever thought of me for it . " I then said that if the King or Mr. Pitt had sent for and told me that my waiving my pretensions , and giving them a thou- sand pounds a - year out of my estate , was necessary for the ...
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... King's knowing more of France , and liking better to talk about it , I know not . The cavalry is very fine ; the infantry exactly like the Hessian , only taller and better set up , but much slower in their move- ments . Their manoeuvres ...
... King's knowing more of France , and liking better to talk about it , I know not . The cavalry is very fine ; the infantry exactly like the Hessian , only taller and better set up , but much slower in their move- ments . Their manoeuvres ...
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... King was deeply hurt ; and on learning this , Lord Cornwallis , like an experienced courtier , vowed that no earthly consideration would have induced him to consent to any arrangement derogatory to his Royal Highness or disa- greeable ...
... King was deeply hurt ; and on learning this , Lord Cornwallis , like an experienced courtier , vowed that no earthly consideration would have induced him to consent to any arrangement derogatory to his Royal Highness or disa- greeable ...
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... King's service is pugnacious by profession , and must fight anybody that asks him . ' They exchanged shots without harm to either . In one remark- able instance , Lord Carhampton , the Colonel Luttrell of Mid- dlesex celebrity , did not ...
... King's service is pugnacious by profession , and must fight anybody that asks him . ' They exchanged shots without harm to either . In one remark- able instance , Lord Carhampton , the Colonel Luttrell of Mid- dlesex celebrity , did not ...
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