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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... once been Treasurer of Calais , and was suspected of having betrayed his post . One of the lampoons of the period runs thus : - ' Sir Thomas Cornwallis , what got ye for Calais ? Brome Hall , Brome Hall , as large as a palace . ' 6 His ...
... once been Treasurer of Calais , and was suspected of having betrayed his post . One of the lampoons of the period runs thus : - ' Sir Thomas Cornwallis , what got ye for Calais ? Brome Hall , Brome Hall , as large as a palace . ' 6 His ...
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... shrinking from responsibility , by insisting on ample powers , by always hurrying to the post of honour and danger , and by boldly grappling grappling with the most formidable of his difficulties at once 12 Lord Cornwallis .
... shrinking from responsibility , by insisting on ample powers , by always hurrying to the post of honour and danger , and by boldly grappling grappling with the most formidable of his difficulties at once 12 Lord Cornwallis .
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... once . Amongst his most marked qualities were his probity , his fear- lessness , and his habit of plain speaking . His employers were sure to learn the truth from him on all subjects ; and his despatches from British India , whilst ...
... once . Amongst his most marked qualities were his probity , his fear- lessness , and his habit of plain speaking . His employers were sure to learn the truth from him on all subjects ; and his despatches from British India , whilst ...
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... once taken for granted that General Medows , whom he superseded , must be discontented ; and reports , similar to those circulated touching Lord Canning and Lord Clyde , were rife in England . Lord Sydney writes : - But • The Rodney ...
... once taken for granted that General Medows , whom he superseded , must be discontented ; and reports , similar to those circulated touching Lord Canning and Lord Clyde , were rife in England . Lord Sydney writes : - But • The Rodney ...
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... once again the Governor - General of India , where he died . The interest of the Correspondence con- tinues unabated , but we have exhausted all the space we could devote to it . These volumes will ensure to Charles , first Marquis Corn ...
... once again the Governor - General of India , where he died . The interest of the Correspondence con- tinues unabated , but we have exhausted all the space we could devote to it . These volumes will ensure to Charles , first Marquis Corn ...
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