The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... direct attack on the tope ; -that attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have expected ; and next morning the very plan suggested in his letter of the day before was adopted— according to which , Colonel Wellesley turned the tope ...
... direct attack on the tope ; -that attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have expected ; and next morning the very plan suggested in his letter of the day before was adopted— according to which , Colonel Wellesley turned the tope ...
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... direct large opera- tions , had made the strongest impression on his memory . ' And he gives us a description , purporting to be in the Duke's own words , of the famous battle of Assaye : - Of the battle of Assaye , he used to say ...
... direct large opera- tions , had made the strongest impression on his memory . ' And he gives us a description , purporting to be in the Duke's own words , of the famous battle of Assaye : - Of the battle of Assaye , he used to say ...
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... direct continuation of the conversation- extract above quoted , Mr. Gleig remarks to him : The rivers must have puzzled you at times , for you probably did not carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - ' No ; we ...
... direct continuation of the conversation- extract above quoted , Mr. Gleig remarks to him : The rivers must have puzzled you at times , for you probably did not carry pontoons with you ; ' and he makes the poor Duke reply : - ' No ; we ...
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... direct you . All that I have to tell you is that your abjuration will open your prison - doors ; without it you will certainly be sent to the galleys . ' Thanking him for his kind intentions , the prisoners declared that , placing their ...
... direct you . All that I have to tell you is that your abjuration will open your prison - doors ; without it you will certainly be sent to the galleys . ' Thanking him for his kind intentions , the prisoners declared that , placing their ...
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... direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect modern process in which cast iron is first produced . It is probable that a like primitive method of producing iron was adopted in the infancy of most nations . Indeed , the simplicity of ...
... direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect modern process in which cast iron is first produced . It is probable that a like primitive method of producing iron was adopted in the infancy of most nations . Indeed , the simplicity of ...
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