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Page 5
... whose good humour and devotion to the service of the ladies was remarkable ,
plunged headlong into the vortex , and as he had little to depend upon except his
military pay , he soon found that the game was as costly as it was agreeable .
... whose good humour and devotion to the service of the ladies was remarkable ,
plunged headlong into the vortex , and as he had little to depend upon except his
military pay , he soon found that the game was as costly as it was agreeable .
Page 6
And it would be well to clear up at the same time the further disagreement
between the note at page 9 of Gleig , which says , • Lord Westmoreland's court
was remarkable for the low state of its morality and the excess of its extravagance
.
And it would be well to clear up at the same time the further disagreement
between the note at page 9 of Gleig , which says , • Lord Westmoreland's court
was remarkable for the low state of its morality and the excess of its extravagance
.
Page 15
This is the clear meaning of this remarkable note . Now let us follow the event -
General Harris ( on some view or information which is not stated ) persisted in his
original intention , and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -— that attack failed
...
This is the clear meaning of this remarkable note . Now let us follow the event -
General Harris ( on some view or information which is not stated ) persisted in his
original intention , and ordered the direct attack on the tope ; -— that attack failed
...
Page 30
Omitting the fruitless expedition to Hanover at the close of the year , Mr. Gleig
duly records some of his interviews with , and letters respecting , the most
remarkable men of the day , his measures for defending his brother's
administration in ...
Omitting the fruitless expedition to Hanover at the close of the year , Mr. Gleig
duly records some of his interviews with , and letters respecting , the most
remarkable men of the day , his measures for defending his brother's
administration in ...
Page 41
... which is explained by the fact that it was only in rare exceptions that the
sentence of death in their case was commuted for the doubtful mercy of the
galleys . What is more remarkable is the appearance in this martyr - roll of a few
individuals ...
... which is explained by the fact that it was only in rare exceptions that the
sentence of death in their case was commuted for the doubtful mercy of the
galleys . What is more remarkable is the appearance in this martyr - roll of a few
individuals ...
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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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