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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... objects . He thus describes them in August , 1787 : - The recruits that came from Bengal for the 73rd regiment were , I am sorry to say , very indifferent ; those that were brought by Major Skelly Skelly were much better , except the ...
... objects . He thus describes them in August , 1787 : - The recruits that came from Bengal for the 73rd regiment were , I am sorry to say , very indifferent ; those that were brought by Major Skelly Skelly were much better , except the ...
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... object of ambition to a man is to have his name transmitted to posterity for eminent services rendered to his country and to mankind . Nobody asks or cares whether Hampden , Marlborough , Pelham , or Wolfe were Knights of the Garter ...
... object of ambition to a man is to have his name transmitted to posterity for eminent services rendered to his country and to mankind . Nobody asks or cares whether Hampden , Marlborough , Pelham , or Wolfe were Knights of the Garter ...
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... object being to supersede the Duke of York , whose incapacity at length became so glaring as to compel his recall by the Ministry . The King was deeply hurt ; and on learning this , Lord Cornwallis , like an experienced courtier , vowed ...
... object being to supersede the Duke of York , whose incapacity at length became so glaring as to compel his recall by the Ministry . The King was deeply hurt ; and on learning this , Lord Cornwallis , like an experienced courtier , vowed ...
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... Attorney - General , and from that time forth , ' said Grattan , his country and myself were the two peculiar objects of his calumny . ' thundered thundered from a thousand hills , and filled the plain Lord Cornwallis . 21 .
... Attorney - General , and from that time forth , ' said Grattan , his country and myself were the two peculiar objects of his calumny . ' thundered thundered from a thousand hills , and filled the plain Lord Cornwallis . 21 .
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... objects , which I did ; they were a Commis- sionership of the Treasury and a Peerage , and they were acceded to . ' 6 Eat , drink , and be merry , ' has been invariably the cry in every agitated or alarmed community ; whether a plague ...
... objects , which I did ; they were a Commis- sionership of the Treasury and a Peerage , and they were acceded to . ' 6 Eat , drink , and be merry , ' has been invariably the cry in every agitated or alarmed community ; whether a plague ...
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