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Page 15
... in his original intention , and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -— that
attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have expected ; and next morning
the very plan suggested in his letter of the day before was adoptedaccording to
which ...
... in his original intention , and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -— that
attack failed , as Colonel Wellesley seems to have expected ; and next morning
the very plan suggested in his letter of the day before was adoptedaccording to
which ...
Page 22
It seemed , likewise , as if his Indian wars , perhaps because they were the first in
which he had an opportunity to control and direct large operations , had made the
strongest impression on his memory . ' And he gives us a description ...
It seemed , likewise , as if his Indian wars , perhaps because they were the first in
which he had an opportunity to control and direct large operations , had made the
strongest impression on his memory . ' And he gives us a description ...
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But in direct continuation of the conversationextract above quoted , Mr. Gleig
remarks to him : The 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
...
But in direct continuation of the conversationextract above quoted , Mr. Gleig
remarks to him : The 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
...
Page 44
... whose charge they were , himself a concealed Protestant , and full of sympathy
for his prisoners , reported to them this answer : - I give you no advice , ' he said ,
as to what you ought to do , your own faith and conscience will best direct you .
... whose charge they were , himself a concealed Protestant , and full of sympathy
for his prisoners , reported to them this answer : - I give you no advice , ' he said ,
as to what you ought to do , your own faith and conscience will best direct you .
Page 75
They all obtain the malleable iron direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect
modern process in which cast iron is first produced . It is probable that a like
primitive method of producing iron was adopted in the infancy of most nations .
Indeed ...
They all obtain the malleable iron direct from the ore , instead of by the indirect
modern process in which cast iron is first produced . It is probable that a like
primitive method of producing iron was adopted in the infancy of most nations .
Indeed ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | 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 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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