The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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As the Governor - General's brother , he no doubt possessed considerable influence , though it is , perhaps , too much to say that he became in a few days , the moving spirit of the Government in which he had no legal voice .
As the Governor - General's brother , he no doubt possessed considerable influence , though it is , perhaps , too much to say that he became in a few days , the moving spirit of the Government in which he had no legal voice .
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Upon looking at the tope as I came in just now , it appeared to me that when you get possession of the bank of the Nullah , you have the tope as a matter of course , as the latter is in the rear of the former .
Upon looking at the tope as I came in just now , it appeared to me that when you get possession of the bank of the Nullah , you have the tope as a matter of course , as the latter is in the rear of the former .
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... he renewed his application to the Madras Government ; on the 13th he arrived at Fort St. George , packed and ready for the voyage ; on the 16th he took possession of a cabin in H.M.S. " Trident , " and India saw him no more .
... he renewed his application to the Madras Government ; on the 13th he arrived at Fort St. George , packed and ready for the voyage ; on the 16th he took possession of a cabin in H.M.S. " Trident , " and India saw him no more .
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He set forth in glowing colours , in this and in a former letter , the heavy expenses that residence in England entailed , and represented that Malcolm could not exist without a much larger fortune than he possessed , and would find ...
He set forth in glowing colours , in this and in a former letter , the heavy expenses that residence in England entailed , and represented that Malcolm could not exist without a much larger fortune than he possessed , and would find ...
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Having returned from splendid pros- pects in India , expressly with views of European service , he was not likely , with the sound sense that he possessed , to throw away any chance that might tend towards ultimate success .
Having returned from splendid pros- pects in India , expressly with views of European service , he was not likely , with the sound sense that he possessed , to throw away any chance that might tend towards ultimate success .
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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