The Quarterly Review, Volume 219William 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, 1913 |
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Page 16
... less ill - managed than unnecessary ( pp . 483 ff . , cf. p . 459 ) . This incident at the Coa followed the fall of Ciudad ( July 10 ) and preceded the siege of Almeida . Here Wellington had hoped to delay Masséna considerably , but on ...
... less ill - managed than unnecessary ( pp . 483 ff . , cf. p . 459 ) . This incident at the Coa followed the fall of Ciudad ( July 10 ) and preceded the siege of Almeida . Here Wellington had hoped to delay Masséna considerably , but on ...
Page 18
... less than did their long endurance at Santarem . With Masséna's retreat to Santarem Mr Fortescue's narrative ceases for the present , so that for the campaign of 1811 one has not the advantage of comparing his version with Prof. Oman's ...
... less than did their long endurance at Santarem . With Masséna's retreat to Santarem Mr Fortescue's narrative ceases for the present , so that for the campaign of 1811 one has not the advantage of comparing his version with Prof. Oman's ...
Page 25
... less surely because the messages they carried were Napoleon's . To the second question M. Fournier offers several answers ( ii , 124 ) . It was generally expected that Napoleon would return to Spain after Wagram , but ' some declared he ...
... less surely because the messages they carried were Napoleon's . To the second question M. Fournier offers several answers ( ii , 124 ) . It was generally expected that Napoleon would return to Spain after Wagram , but ' some declared he ...
Page 26
... less uncompromising in his use of local colour , and he was far more cheerful . He had not the tender grace or simplicity of Gerald Griffin , and never wrote anything so moving or beautiful as ' The Collegians , ' but he surpassed him ...
... less uncompromising in his use of local colour , and he was far more cheerful . He had not the tender grace or simplicity of Gerald Griffin , and never wrote anything so moving or beautiful as ' The Collegians , ' but he surpassed him ...
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... less aggressive mode of progression . " Well , " said English Tommy confiden- tially , " ye see , I'm trying to bump Katie ! That's Katie , " pointing to a fat girl in blue . " She's my cousin , and we're for ever fighting . " ' As a ...
... less aggressive mode of progression . " Well , " said English Tommy confiden- tially , " ye see , I'm trying to bump Katie ! That's Katie , " pointing to a fat girl in blue . " She's my cousin , and we're for ever fighting . " ' As a ...
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