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... which was also adopted in Gurwood's précis ; and there seems at all events to
be no reason to disbelieve that Arthur Wesley's birth occurred in one of the three
months referred to of the year which also ushered Napoleon Buonaparte into the
...
... which was also adopted in Gurwood's précis ; and there seems at all events to
be no reason to disbelieve that Arthur Wesley's birth occurred in one of the three
months referred to of the year which also ushered Napoleon Buonaparte into the
...
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52 of the Supplementary Despatches , ' that Lord Mornington ' s family adopted
the ancient spelling of their name " about this time , ' 19th May , 1798 . The first
despatch in which the change of signature occurs bears that date . dede -
hoyhood ...
52 of the Supplementary Despatches , ' that Lord Mornington ' s family adopted
the ancient spelling of their name " about this time , ' 19th May , 1798 . The first
despatch in which the change of signature occurs bears that date . dede -
hoyhood ...
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Conceiving that his exertions had not been properly appreciated , * he wrote to
his brother as follows : The General f expressed his approbation of what I had
done , and adopted as his own all the orders and regulations I had made , and
then ...
Conceiving that his exertions had not been properly appreciated , * he wrote to
his brother as follows : The General f expressed his approbation of what I had
done , and adopted as his own all the orders and regulations I had made , and
then ...
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The despatch commences— Sir , The Governor - General in Council has judged
it necessary , in consequence of the late successes of the French in Europe and
in Egypt , to adopt certain measures of precaution . . . . and also with the further ...
The despatch commences— Sir , The Governor - General in Council has judged
it necessary , in consequence of the late successes of the French in Europe and
in Egypt , to adopt certain measures of precaution . . . . and also with the further ...
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It produced a great effect , and Sir Arthur ' s views were unanimously adopted by
the Cabinet on the refusal of the Spaniards to receive a British garrison at Cadiz .
The grand opportunity for which our great soldier had been yearning and ...
It produced a great effect , and Sir Arthur ' s views were unanimously adopted by
the Cabinet on the refusal of the Spaniards to receive a British garrison at Cadiz .
The grand opportunity for which our great soldier had been yearning and ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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