The Dictionary of National Biography, Հատոր 8Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee Oxford University Press, 1908 |
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... force as he could command . while serving on board the Penelope on the On 15 Jan. 1874 , with not more than eight west coast of Africa , he was promoted to be hundred Houssas , Glover crossed the Prah , lieutenant , and in May 1852 was ...
... force as he could command . while serving on board the Penelope on the On 15 Jan. 1874 , with not more than eight west coast of Africa , he was promoted to be hundred Houssas , Glover crossed the Prah , lieutenant , and in May 1852 was ...
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... force marching to quell the mutiny at Patna , and in the following year it was sent , together with another native battalion , to Monghyr . In May 1766 Goddard was promoted to the rank of major , and in September 1768 to that of ...
... force marching to quell the mutiny at Patna , and in the following year it was sent , together with another native battalion , to Monghyr . In May 1766 Goddard was promoted to the rank of major , and in September 1768 to that of ...
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... force in Cornwall . He joined the army commanded by Sir Ralph Hopton , which crossed the Tamar and advanced into Devon- shire . Their declaration signed by Godol- phin is in ' Lismore Papers ' ( 2nd ser . v . 116 ) . Godolphin , whose ...
... force in Cornwall . He joined the army commanded by Sir Ralph Hopton , which crossed the Tamar and advanced into Devon- shire . Their declaration signed by Godol- phin is in ' Lismore Papers ' ( 2nd ser . v . 116 ) . Godolphin , whose ...
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... force ; he gathered his ships together in the Yser and set sail on the 22nd , intending to fall in with his sons ... forces of Mercia and Northumberland , to demand a hearing , offering to clear him- self by compurgation . When this was ...
... force ; he gathered his ships together in the Yser and set sail on the 22nd , intending to fall in with his sons ... forces of Mercia and Northumberland , to demand a hearing , offering to clear him- self by compurgation . When this was ...
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... force , and in general merely reflect the style of Byron , of Wordsworth , or of Mrs. Hemans . After the death of her sister in 1832 Mrs. Godwin's health declined , and she wrote little more , except fugitive poems in albums and stories ...
... force , and in general merely reflect the style of Byron , of Wordsworth , or of Mrs. Hemans . After the death of her sister in 1832 Mrs. Godwin's health declined , and she wrote little more , except fugitive poems in albums and stories ...
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