The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... French , and the ' not less wild praise ' of ' most of the English writers ' - Mr . Gleig translated it from the French , added con- siderably to the text , and wrote a translator's preface to it , from which we have taken the above ...
... French , and the ' not less wild praise ' of ' most of the English writers ' - Mr . Gleig translated it from the French , added con- siderably to the text , and wrote a translator's preface to it , from which we have taken the above ...
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... French well , not only from his schoolfellows but also from people whose acquaintance he made in the neighbourhood . He was appointed in his eighteenth year to an Ensigncy - not , as Mr. Gleig says , in the 41st , but in the 73rd ...
... French well , not only from his schoolfellows but also from people whose acquaintance he made in the neighbourhood . He was appointed in his eighteenth year to an Ensigncy - not , as Mr. Gleig says , in the 41st , but in the 73rd ...
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... French language . At the school at Angers he perfected himself in it , and had time , not only to pick up all that was known of the art of war , but also to learn the principles , maxims , and ideas of French military science . He ...
... French language . At the school at Angers he perfected himself in it , and had time , not only to pick up all that was known of the art of war , but also to learn the principles , maxims , and ideas of French military science . He ...
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... French Re- publicans , was preparing , with 50,000 men trained by French officers , to attack Madras . Colonel Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . i . p . 17 Supplementary Despatches . ' ' In ...
... French Re- publicans , was preparing , with 50,000 men trained by French officers , to attack Madras . Colonel Wellesley was sent there The letter containing these sentiments occurs at vol . i . p . 17 Supplementary Despatches . ' ' In ...
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... French in Egypt . Of this despatch Colonel Wellesley received a copy viâ Madras , before the Governor- General had time to communicate with him . The despatch The Governor - General's despatch , Nov. 14 , 1800 , is given in vol . ii . p ...
... French in Egypt . Of this despatch Colonel Wellesley received a copy viâ Madras , before the Governor- General had time to communicate with him . The despatch The Governor - General's despatch , Nov. 14 , 1800 , is given in vol . ii . p ...
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