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His expression was , " it makes a slave of a man : I have often known what it was to be in want of money , but I never got into debt . " . It is not , therefore , very pro- bable , had the Dublin stories been authentic , that the Duke ...
His expression was , " it makes a slave of a man : I have often known what it was to be in want of money , but I never got into debt . " . It is not , therefore , very pro- bable , had the Dublin stories been authentic , that the Duke ...
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Never was Other writers have exaggerated this reverse , but Mr. Gleig seems here to ignore the following extract from General Harris's most conscientious diary ; Near twelve Colonel Wellesley came to my tent , in a good deal of ...
Never was Other writers have exaggerated this reverse , but Mr. Gleig seems here to ignore the following extract from General Harris's most conscientious diary ; Near twelve Colonel Wellesley came to my tent , in a good deal of ...
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... you know that I never recommended my brother to you , and of course never suggested how , or where he should be employed ; and I believe you know also , that you would not have pleased me by placing him in any situation in which his ...
... you know that I never recommended my brother to you , and of course never suggested how , or where he should be employed ; and I believe you know also , that you would not have pleased me by placing him in any situation in which his ...
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I am in no want of money , and probably never shall be when I am , it will be time enough to call upon you . ' The Duke's generosity was , as is well known , conspicuously displayed in his protection of the son of Dhoondiah Waugh ...
I am in no want of money , and probably never shall be when I am , it will be time enough to call upon you . ' The Duke's generosity was , as is well known , conspicuously displayed in his protection of the son of Dhoondiah Waugh ...
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A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was never so much inclined to think himself wrong as when he differed from Sir John Malcolm , ' is still remembered in the Malcolm family ; and he expressed his own opinion of ...
A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was never so much inclined to think himself wrong as when he differed from Sir John Malcolm , ' is still remembered in the Malcolm family ; and he expressed his own opinion of ...
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