The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... the rugged lessons of his first campaign ; and the results may be plainly traced throughout his subsequent conduct and correspondence : - ' You can't conceive such a state of things , ' the Duke used to say long years afterwards .
... the rugged lessons of his first campaign ; and the results may be plainly traced throughout his subsequent conduct and correspondence : - ' You can't conceive such a state of things , ' the Duke used to say long years afterwards .
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... he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first , but that he formed a very high opinion of him on better acquaintance , during the latter part of the voyage , and believed they would hear great things of him afterwards .
... he found young Wesley a dull companion enough at first , but that he formed a very high opinion of him on better acquaintance , during the latter part of the voyage , and believed they would hear great things of him afterwards .
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I should be ashamed of doing any of the dirty things that I am told are done in some of the commands in the Carnatic as I believe I proved sufficiently at Wallajah - Nuggur : but if Government do not consider my situation here , I must ...
I should be ashamed of doing any of the dirty things that I am told are done in some of the commands in the Carnatic as I believe I proved sufficiently at Wallajah - Nuggur : but if Government do not consider my situation here , I must ...
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easy rate nearly to Dover , and the Duke observing the rough work and wretched condition of the rowers , remarked , among other things , that he could not understand how these poor wretches could sleep , being so closely packed together ...
easy rate nearly to Dover , and the Duke observing the rough work and wretched condition of the rowers , remarked , among other things , that he could not understand how these poor wretches could sleep , being so closely packed together ...
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The first thing done after the action was over was to throw over- board the dead , and to carry the wounded down into the hold . But in the confusion and darkness which prevailed , there was little discrimination between one and the ...
The first thing done after the action was over was to throw over- board the dead , and to carry the wounded down into the hold . But in the confusion and darkness which prevailed , there was little discrimination between one and the ...
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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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