The Quarterly Review, 120. köideJohn Murray, 1866 |
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Page 1
... taken the above quotation . He tells us in that preface that the book of M. Brialmont is exe- cuted in more than its military details with singular ability , ' and that M. Brialmont writes of the Duke of Wellington as if the public and ...
... taken the above quotation . He tells us in that preface that the book of M. Brialmont is exe- cuted in more than its military details with singular ability , ' and that M. Brialmont writes of the Duke of Wellington as if the public and ...
Page 3
... taken it into her head that he was the dunce of the family , and to have treated him harshly , if not with marked neglect . ' He was sent , being very young , ' though we are not told at what age , to a preparatory school - not an ...
... taken it into her head that he was the dunce of the family , and to have treated him harshly , if not with marked neglect . ' He was sent , being very young , ' though we are not told at what age , to a preparatory school - not an ...
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... taken home by their lady friends , while young Wesley was by common consent left to travel with the fiddlers . Old Lady Aldborough on one occasion put the Duke in mind of the circumstance , after he had become a great man , at which he ...
... taken home by their lady friends , while young Wesley was by common consent left to travel with the fiddlers . Old Lady Aldborough on one occasion put the Duke in mind of the circumstance , after he had become a great man , at which he ...
Page 6
... taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some ex- planation of the discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at the same time the further disagreement ...
... taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some ex- planation of the discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at the same time the further disagreement ...
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... taken as he had predicted " as a matter of course , " and without the loss of a man ! Thus , in this little affair - the first of the details of which we have any record - the only one in the whole course of his long service which ever ...
... taken as he had predicted " as a matter of course , " and without the loss of a man ! Thus , in this little affair - the first of the details of which we have any record - the only one in the whole course of his long service which ever ...
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