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He tells us in that preface that the book of M. Brialmont ' is executed in more than
its military details with singular ability,' and that ' M. Brialmont writes of the Duke
of Wellington as if the public and private character of that illustrious man had ...
He tells us in that preface that the book of M. Brialmont ' is executed in more than
its military details with singular ability,' and that ' M. Brialmont writes of the Duke
of Wellington as if the public and private character of that illustrious man had ...
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... can certainly not have produced so great a change of character. Could the '
young officer ' have emerged from hobble- * We find in a note by the present
Duke, at p. 52 of the ' Supplementary Despatches,' that Lord Mornington's family ...
... can certainly not have produced so great a change of character. Could the '
young officer ' have emerged from hobble- * We find in a note by the present
Duke, at p. 52 of the ' Supplementary Despatches,' that Lord Mornington's family ...
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... companions, was likely enough to disincline him to mix with his fellows as he
otherwise might have done, while the habits of reserve and solitude in which he
indulged, must have contributed still further to the formation of his character.
... companions, was likely enough to disincline him to mix with his fellows as he
otherwise might have done, while the habits of reserve and solitude in which he
indulged, must have contributed still further to the formation of his character.
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The expressions in the above letters, showing what Colonel Wellesley
anticipated, might, without further explanations, injuriously affect the reputation of
General Harris, whose unpresuming but fearless and honest character has been
most ...
The expressions in the above letters, showing what Colonel Wellesley
anticipated, might, without further explanations, injuriously affect the reputation of
General Harris, whose unpresuming but fearless and honest character has been
most ...
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But in studying the Duke's real character and motives we gain more from private
letters than from either despatches or reports — always more or less doubtful —
of conversations. Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was ...
But in studying the Duke's real character and motives we gain more from private
letters than from either despatches or reports — always more or less doubtful —
of conversations. Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was ...
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| Título | The Quarterly Review, Volumen 120 |
| Contribuidores | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Editor | John Murray, 1866 |
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