The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 10
Having learnt all he could in Bengal , he visited his old friend Lord Hobart , the
Governor of Madras , and made himself master of the affairs of that Presidency ,
and , as Gurwood says , of other parts of the Carnatic ' also . His published ...
Having learnt all he could in Bengal , he visited his old friend Lord Hobart , the
Governor of Madras , and made himself master of the affairs of that Presidency ,
and , as Gurwood says , of other parts of the Carnatic ' also . His published ...
Page 12
Your presence will diminish his powers , at the same time that as it is impossible
you can know anything of military matters , your powers will not answer the
purpose which even those which he has at present may if you or Lord Clive are
not in ...
Your presence will diminish his powers , at the same time that as it is impossible
you can know anything of military matters , your powers will not answer the
purpose which even those which he has at present may if you or Lord Clive are
not in ...
Page 13
This sentence is placed in the title - page of Mr . Lushington ' s Life of Lord Harris
, in which he so concisely exposes the misrepresentations of Sir A . Alison . The
description of the sharp affair ' at Malavelly , where General Harris received ...
This sentence is placed in the title - page of Mr . Lushington ' s Life of Lord Harris
, in which he so concisely exposes the misrepresentations of Sir A . Alison . The
description of the sharp affair ' at Malavelly , where General Harris received ...
Page 14
It was not the army , but Wellesley's column and General Floyd's cavalry , which
Lord Harris sent to support it , which took the enemy in flank and by their noble
conduct decided the action . The 33rd bore the brunt of an attack by 2000 of the ...
It was not the army , but Wellesley's column and General Floyd's cavalry , which
Lord Harris sent to support it , which took the enemy in flank and by their noble
conduct decided the action . The 33rd bore the brunt of an attack by 2000 of the ...
Page 16
Indeed , it seems by no means impossible from that letter that notwithstanding the
note to Lord Harris , Colonel Wellesley was left without any sufficiently precise
indication of what was expected of him . The failure was , as it turned out , a
trifling ...
Indeed , it seems by no means impossible from that letter that notwithstanding the
note to Lord Harris , Colonel Wellesley was left without any sufficiently precise
indication of what was expected of him . The failure was , as it turned out , a
trifling ...
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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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