The Quarterly Review, 219. köideWilliam 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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... leaving to Soult the task of pursuing Moore , he believed his presence to be no longer needed in Spain . In his rejection of Lanfrey's view that Napoleon wanted an excuse for abandoning an enterprise which was proving unexpectedly ...
... leaving to Soult the task of pursuing Moore , he believed his presence to be no longer needed in Spain . In his rejection of Lanfrey's view that Napoleon wanted an excuse for abandoning an enterprise which was proving unexpectedly ...
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... leaving quite a strong portion of his force in Estrema- dura . Soult had done much , but his operations had not helped Masséna , who had begun his retreat a week before Badajoz fell . But , had Masséna held on longer , Soult could have ...
... leaving quite a strong portion of his force in Estrema- dura . Soult had done much , but his operations had not helped Masséna , who had begun his retreat a week before Badajoz fell . But , had Masséna held on longer , Soult could have ...
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... leaving Marmont too weak to do anything but retire to the Tagus valley , where he spent July and August , his troops widely dispersed and in great straits for food . The French had now lost the initiative , they had to wait on ...
... leaving Marmont too weak to do anything but retire to the Tagus valley , where he spent July and August , his troops widely dispersed and in great straits for food . The French had now lost the initiative , they had to wait on ...
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... leave the centre of affairs ; at Vienna or Berlin he was still in touch with Paris , in Portugal he would have been at the end of the world . ' From Spain he could not hope to supervise the rigid enforcement of the Continental blockade ...
... leave the centre of affairs ; at Vienna or Berlin he was still in touch with Paris , in Portugal he would have been at the end of the world . ' From Spain he could not hope to supervise the rigid enforcement of the Continental blockade ...
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... leave no room for any further aspect , least of all of a romantic kind . ' Yet romance of a sort was at the root of Charlotte's character . She had been in love with Roddy Lambert , a showy , handsome , selfish squireen , before he ...
... leave no room for any further aspect , least of all of a romantic kind . ' Yet romance of a sort was at the root of Charlotte's character . She had been in love with Roddy Lambert , a showy , handsome , selfish squireen , before he ...
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