The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 14
... head ; and returning alone in a state of utter despondency to the tent of General Harris . Never was superstructure of romance built up on so narrow a foundation . ' Other writers have exaggerated this reverse , but Mr. Gleig seems here ...
... head ; and returning alone in a state of utter despondency to the tent of General Harris . Never was superstructure of romance built up on so narrow a foundation . ' Other writers have exaggerated this reverse , but Mr. Gleig seems here ...
Page 17
... head , ostensibly because he was brother to the Governor - General . Baird had now carried with great gallantry the fortress in which he had previously suffered a lengthened and cruel imprisonment ; and he found himself once more , and ...
... head , ostensibly because he was brother to the Governor - General . Baird had now carried with great gallantry the fortress in which he had previously suffered a lengthened and cruel imprisonment ; and he found himself once more , and ...
Page 31
... head of affairs in England . The Duke of York promised him employment , and offered him the first suitable command that he had to bestow . It was hardly so unimportant as has been represented . The present Duke says , in his Preface to ...
... head of affairs in England . The Duke of York promised him employment , and offered him the first suitable command that he had to bestow . It was hardly so unimportant as has been represented . The present Duke says , in his Preface to ...
Page 38
... head of the army , to 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 ...
... head of the army , to 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 ...
Page 57
... head against the beam . The sight of the wretched beings , of whom no less than 500 were thus kept chained down day and night , of whom some were aged , others suffering from pain and sickness , as they writhed in the torture of their ...
... head against the beam . The sight of the wretched beings , of whom no less than 500 were thus kept chained down day and night , of whom some were aged , others suffering from pain and sickness , as they writhed in the torture of their ...
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