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But Gleig and Brialmont give a different account of the young officer at page 9 of
their work , when they state that Lord Camden ' s court was particularly gay , and
that young Wellesley , whose good humour and devotion to the service of the ...
But Gleig and Brialmont give a different account of the young officer at page 9 of
their work , when they state that Lord Camden ' s court was particularly gay , and
that young Wellesley , whose good humour and devotion to the service of the ...
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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
either give ...
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
either give ...
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And he gives us a description , purporting to be in the Duke's own words , of the
famous battle of Assaye : -- Of the battle of Assaye , he used to say , that it was
the hardest fought affair that ever took place in India . “ If the enemy had not ...
And he gives us a description , purporting to be in the Duke's own words , of the
famous battle of Assaye : -- Of the battle of Assaye , he used to say , that it was
the hardest fought affair that ever took place in India . “ If the enemy had not ...
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... therefore , wrote to Lord Castlereagh on the 7th June ,* As I am determined not
to give up the military profession , and as I know that I can be of no service in it
unless I have the confidence and esteem of the officers and soldiers of the army ,
I ...
... therefore , wrote to Lord Castlereagh on the 7th June ,* As I am determined not
to give up the military profession , and as I know that I can be of no service in it
unless I have the confidence and esteem of the officers and soldiers of the army ,
I ...
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But the only reasons he gives for the latter belief are that the phraseology is not
the Duke's and the inferences to which it ... English , Russian , German , and
Italians , defend a position in line , provided the assailants give them time to
deploy .
But the only reasons he gives for the latter belief are that the phraseology is not
the Duke's and the inferences to which it ... English , Russian , German , and
Italians , defend a position in line , provided the assailants give them time to
deploy .
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| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen120 |
| Colaboradores | 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 |
| Editor | John Murray, 1866 |
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