The British Quarterly Review, 30. köideHenry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1859 |
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... volumes before us are cumbrous , and would seem tedious to those who love to feed on historical essences ; and yet they have been read with much eagerness , because it has been felt that , although necessarily informal , they really ...
... volumes before us are cumbrous , and would seem tedious to those who love to feed on historical essences ; and yet they have been read with much eagerness , because it has been felt that , although necessarily informal , they really ...
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... volumes , we think , will greatly raise the reputation of Lord Cornwallis as a general , politician , and public servant . Those who derive their notion of the American War from the popular history of Lord Stanhope , consider him at ...
... volumes , we think , will greatly raise the reputation of Lord Cornwallis as a general , politician , and public servant . Those who derive their notion of the American War from the popular history of Lord Stanhope , consider him at ...
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... volumes . The family of Cornwallis has been gentle for many generations . In the reign of Edward III . a branch of it was settled in Ireland , where it appears to have held lands of considerable value . In 1378 Thomas Cornwallis was ...
... volumes . The family of Cornwallis has been gentle for many generations . In the reign of Edward III . a branch of it was settled in Ireland , where it appears to have held lands of considerable value . In 1378 Thomas Cornwallis was ...
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... volumes : show , first , that in the summer of 1781 Sir Henry Clinton had resolved to co - operate with Lord Cornwallis on the Chesapeak ; secondly , that he was prevented from doing this by the aspect of Washington and his French ...
... volumes : show , first , that in the summer of 1781 Sir Henry Clinton had resolved to co - operate with Lord Cornwallis on the Chesapeak ; secondly , that he was prevented from doing this by the aspect of Washington and his French ...
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... volumes prove that he was not answerable . 1 f 11 During the next eighteen months the British forces remained . divided ; and as their generals from this time began to differ with regard to the proper plan of their operations , an ...
... volumes prove that he was not answerable . 1 f 11 During the next eighteen months the British forces remained . divided ; and as their generals from this time began to differ with regard to the proper plan of their operations , an ...
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