The Quarterly Review, Volume 129John Murray, 1870 |
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... received his first commission in his sixteenth year , long before such high preferment ' was conferred on his sister ; and another depreciating story related of him is also discredited by the dates : ' He was , during a short time , the ...
... received his first commission in his sixteenth year , long before such high preferment ' was conferred on his sister ; and another depreciating story related of him is also discredited by the dates : ' He was , during a short time , the ...
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... received the thanks of Louis Le Grand at the head of the army , and Monmouth presented him to Charles II . saying , ' To the bravery of this gallant officer I owe my life . ' Lord Stanhope has printed amongst his Miscellanies this brief ...
... received the thanks of Louis Le Grand at the head of the army , and Monmouth presented him to Charles II . saying , ' To the bravery of this gallant officer I owe my life . ' Lord Stanhope has printed amongst his Miscellanies this brief ...
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... received by the Jacobite Tories of his day much as , towards the commencement of the Peninsular War , the successes of Wellington were received by the Whigs . To understand the contest of parties , it should be remembered that ...
... received by the Jacobite Tories of his day much as , towards the commencement of the Peninsular War , the successes of Wellington were received by the Whigs . To understand the contest of parties , it should be remembered that ...
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... received on a perfect footing of equality at Holland House , Devonshire House , and Lansdowne House . Sydney Smith was as familiar with Lord Grey , Lord Lansdowne , and Lord Russell , as Swift with Harley and St. John . Who could be ...
... received on a perfect footing of equality at Holland House , Devonshire House , and Lansdowne House . Sydney Smith was as familiar with Lord Grey , Lord Lansdowne , and Lord Russell , as Swift with Harley and St. John . Who could be ...
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... received on the same footing as Swift and Addison by their contemporaries . There were full three generations of literary men subsequently to Queen Anne , whose standing in society proves Lord Macaulay's solution of the problem to be ...
... received on the same footing as Swift and Addison by their contemporaries . There were full three generations of literary men subsequently to Queen Anne , whose standing in society proves Lord Macaulay's solution of the problem to be ...
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