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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... authorities , particularly from the printed correspondence of Washington , that the resources of the United States were in an exhausted condition , that their commissariat was wretched , that their troops were ill clothed , ill fed ...
... authorities , particularly from the printed correspondence of Washington , that the resources of the United States were in an exhausted condition , that their commissariat was wretched , that their troops were ill clothed , ill fed ...
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... authority for it . ' The efficiency of the Anglo - Indian army in the field was speedily to be tested under his own eye . The campaign of 1790 against Tippoo Saib having proved indecisive , he resolved to assume the personal direction ...
... authority for it . ' The efficiency of the Anglo - Indian army in the field was speedily to be tested under his own eye . The campaign of 1790 against Tippoo Saib having proved indecisive , he resolved to assume the personal direction ...
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... authorities , who decided for permanence . Dundas's private letter , announcing their decision , is worth quoting for ... authority of Mr. Shore , I thought it indispensably necessary both that the measure must origi- nate with the Board ...
... authorities , who decided for permanence . Dundas's private letter , announcing their decision , is worth quoting for ... authority of Mr. Shore , I thought it indispensably necessary both that the measure must origi- nate with the Board ...
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... authority in Ireland should be vested in the same person , and Lord Cornwallis was appointed Lord - Lieutenant and Commander - in - Chief . He gives way as usual to regret at his increasing honours : - The life of a Lord - Lieutenant of ...
... authority in Ireland should be vested in the same person , and Lord Cornwallis was appointed Lord - Lieutenant and Commander - in - Chief . He gives way as usual to regret at his increasing honours : - The life of a Lord - Lieutenant of ...
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... authority -- can any one be surprised that regular industry and domestic economy are at a discount , or that the public treasury is almost universally regarded as the mart where talents and prin- ciples may be bartered without scruple ...
... authority -- can any one be surprised that regular industry and domestic economy are at a discount , or that the public treasury is almost universally regarded as the mart where talents and prin- ciples may be bartered without scruple ...
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