The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 25
... carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - ' No ; we had no pontoons in those days . We crossed the rivers either by fords , or when these failed us by bridges resting upon inflated skins . In fact , we made war ...
... carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - ' No ; we had no pontoons in those days . We crossed the rivers either by fords , or when these failed us by bridges resting upon inflated skins . In fact , we made war ...
Page 32
... carried on by influence ; and that influence , especially in Ireland , meant pensions , places , and hard cash ... carrying on a system of corruption . But he was • * ' Cornwallis Despatches , ' iii . 39 ( A.D. 1799 ) . You , who know ...
... carried on by influence ; and that influence , especially in Ireland , meant pensions , places , and hard cash ... carrying on a system of corruption . But he was • * ' Cornwallis Despatches , ' iii . 39 ( A.D. 1799 ) . You , who know ...
Page 38
... carry out his own views , with the approval of the nation as well as of the Government . General Beresford was appointed , on his recommendation , to command the Portuguese contingent under his orders , and he started , with about ...
... carry out his own views , with the approval of the nation as well as of the Government . General Beresford was appointed , on his recommendation , to command the Portuguese contingent under his orders , and he started , with about ...
Page 40
... carried out may be described without any exaggeration as ' worse than death . ' It was death in a multitude of cases without the ele- vating consciousness of martyrdom , or the mercy of a speedy release from suffering . It was a gradual ...
... carried out may be described without any exaggeration as ' worse than death . ' It was death in a multitude of cases without the ele- vating consciousness of martyrdom , or the mercy of a speedy release from suffering . It was a gradual ...
Page 41
... carry on , their cherished studies . Of the ministers of the proscribed religion but very few names occur , which is explained by the fact that it was only in rare exceptions that the sentence of death in their case was commuted for the ...
... carry on , their cherished studies . Of the ministers of the proscribed religion but very few names occur , which is explained by the fact that it was only in rare exceptions that the sentence of death in their case was commuted for the ...
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