The Quarterly Review, Volume 92William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1852 |
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Page 56
... command , he well knows , must be re- served to European skill and energy , and he is even compelled to admit that we could not exclusively rely upon the courage and fidelity of an Asiatic soldiery . Perhaps , indeed , no man who has ...
... command , he well knows , must be re- served to European skill and energy , and he is even compelled to admit that we could not exclusively rely upon the courage and fidelity of an Asiatic soldiery . Perhaps , indeed , no man who has ...
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... command ; all of whom , and his own life also , he lost within the space of three years , very few of the house being left alive . ' We must , however , pause for a brief retrospect of some particulars . The reigning Countess ( our ...
... command ; all of whom , and his own life also , he lost within the space of three years , very few of the house being left alive . ' We must , however , pause for a brief retrospect of some particulars . The reigning Countess ( our ...
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... command over both armies were to devolve upon me.- " In that case " -I replied- " I should combine the whole of our forces , and direct my attack against the Austrians alone . " - " But if the Austrians have been victorious at Temesvár ...
... command over both armies were to devolve upon me.- " In that case " -I replied- " I should combine the whole of our forces , and direct my attack against the Austrians alone . " - " But if the Austrians have been victorious at Temesvár ...
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