The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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Page 22
... river in one column and then deployed . Unfortunately my first line , which had been directed to keep clear of Assaye , swayed to the right , and became * On this occasion his brother Henry wrote to him , April 22 , 1801- I am really ...
... river in one column and then deployed . Unfortunately my first line , which had been directed to keep clear of Assaye , swayed to the right , and became * On this occasion his brother Henry wrote to him , April 22 , 1801- I am really ...
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... river between him and me , which the guides assured me was impassable . We pushed on across a large plain , and presently saw the river , which certainly had no bridges upon it , and looked very much as if it were too deep for * Mr ...
... river between him and me , which the guides assured me was impassable . We pushed on across a large plain , and presently saw the river , which certainly had no bridges upon it , and looked very much as if it were too deep for * Mr ...
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... rivers . At p . 317 , vol . i . , he begs Captain Malcolm to see that boats are prepared for the passage of the river . At p . 519 he says to Colonel Sartorius - These rivers are not fordable during the rainy season . It will be proper ...
... rivers . At p . 317 , vol . i . , he begs Captain Malcolm to see that boats are prepared for the passage of the river . At p . 519 he says to Colonel Sartorius - These rivers are not fordable during the rainy season . It will be proper ...
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... 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 had no pontoons in those days . We crossed the rivers either by fords , or when these failed us ...
... 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 had no pontoons in those days . We crossed the rivers either by fords , or when these failed us ...
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... river side . They were enclosed within high and strong walls , and barricaded with stout iron gates , like. a half later , for we find Fuller , writing of the year 1542 , saying , ' it may easily be proved that about this time strangers ...
... river side . They were enclosed within high and strong walls , and barricaded with stout iron gates , like. a half later , for we find Fuller , writing of the year 1542 , saying , ' it may easily be proved that about this time strangers ...
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