The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... 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 world ...
... 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 world ...
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... 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 . de- de - hoyhood to manhood in the interval between the The Personal Life of ...
... 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 . de- de - hoyhood to manhood in the interval between the The Personal Life of ...
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... adopted as his own all the orders and regulations I had made , and then said that he should mention his approbation publicly , only that he was afraid others would be displeased and jealous . As in fact there is nothing to be got in the ...
... adopted as his own all the orders and regulations I had made , and then said that he should mention his approbation publicly , only that he was afraid others would be displeased and jealous . As in fact there is nothing to be got in the ...
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... adopted— according to which , Colonel Wellesley turned the tope by a movement on both its flanks , the enemy retreated , and the position was taken as he had predicted " as a matter of course , " and without the loss of a man ! Thus ...
... adopted— according to which , Colonel Wellesley turned the tope by a movement on both its flanks , the enemy retreated , and the position was taken as he had predicted " as a matter of course , " and without the loss of a man ! Thus ...
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... 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 labouring at length presented itself . He resigned his seat in ...
... 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 labouring at length presented itself . He resigned his seat in ...
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