The Quarterly Review, Volume 18William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1818 |
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... conduct of the Arcadia is not altogether accurate - there is no foundation for his remark that the shepherds occasionally talk theology ; neither are the discussions upon the liberal sciences and the epitaphs of the Spanish generals ...
... conduct of the Arcadia is not altogether accurate - there is no foundation for his remark that the shepherds occasionally talk theology ; neither are the discussions upon the liberal sciences and the epitaphs of the Spanish generals ...
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... conducted himself with judgment and entire self - possession on this unfortunate day . But Fuzzul Oolla was now in disgrace ; he had stipulated , in the hour of his prosperity , for the singular distinction of sitting on the same musnud ...
... conducted himself with judgment and entire self - possession on this unfortunate day . But Fuzzul Oolla was now in disgrace ; he had stipulated , in the hour of his prosperity , for the singular distinction of sitting on the same musnud ...
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... conduct towards Mahommed Ali may here be noticed . This officer , when Hyder was besieged in his capital by Trimbuc Row , after the disgraceful flight abovementioned , was sent out with a corps of infantry to attempt the recovery , by ...
... conduct towards Mahommed Ali may here be noticed . This officer , when Hyder was besieged in his capital by Trimbuc Row , after the disgraceful flight abovementioned , was sent out with a corps of infantry to attempt the recovery , by ...
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... conduct ; and even now , when I have assembled my whole force to enter the country , they have not shewn the least glimmering of ability . ' It was on this occasion that Hyder overran the Carnatic with an army of more than 80,000 men ...
... conduct ; and even now , when I have assembled my whole force to enter the country , they have not shewn the least glimmering of ability . ' It was on this occasion that Hyder overran the Carnatic with an army of more than 80,000 men ...
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... conduct ; the barren glory has remained to him of preserving the letters on service , written in Sir Eyre Coote's own hand , full of affectionate attachment and admiration . Colonel Flint is living , and in London . Fancy would ...
... conduct ; the barren glory has remained to him of preserving the letters on service , written in Sir Eyre Coote's own hand , full of affectionate attachment and admiration . Colonel Flint is living , and in London . Fancy would ...
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