Descriptive Essays Contributed to the Quarterly Review: The air we live inJ. Murray, 1857 |
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... historical fact which cannot be denied ( indeed , having been quartered at Charleroi at the time , we wit- nessed it , ) that at daybreak on the morning of the 15th , the Allied army , under the command of the Duke of Wel- lington , was ...
... historical fact which cannot be denied ( indeed , having been quartered at Charleroi at the time , we wit- nessed it , ) that at daybreak on the morning of the 15th , the Allied army , under the command of the Duke of Wel- lington , was ...
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... most readily admit ; but when the deadly results just detailed are simultaneously considered , it certainly appears strange that so able and eloquent a writer as Mr. Alison should , in his history of this eventful BATTLE OF WATERLOO . 71.
... most readily admit ; but when the deadly results just detailed are simultaneously considered , it certainly appears strange that so able and eloquent a writer as Mr. Alison should , in his history of this eventful BATTLE OF WATERLOO . 71.
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Sir Francis Bond Head. Mr. Alison should , in his history of this eventful period , aver that he " out - manoeuvred the English General ! " If a French dragoon , with considerable activity and grimace , were unexpectedly to present the ...
Sir Francis Bond Head. Mr. Alison should , in his history of this eventful period , aver that he " out - manoeuvred the English General ! " If a French dragoon , with considerable activity and grimace , were unexpectedly to present the ...
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... History of the French Revolution , ' has unintentionally erred in his opinion that , in the crisis alluded to , Napoleon " out - manœuvred and out - generaled the Duke of Wellington and Blücher . " It is to be hoped that Mr. Alison wi'l ...
... History of the French Revolution , ' has unintentionally erred in his opinion that , in the crisis alluded to , Napoleon " out - manœuvred and out - generaled the Duke of Wellington and Blücher . " It is to be hoped that Mr. Alison wi'l ...
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... history of railway manage- ment ; but the dramatis persone we are about to intro- duce , form , we think , rather a strange contrast to the bare arms , muscular frames , heated brows , and begrimed faces of the sturdy workmen we have ...
... history of railway manage- ment ; but the dramatis persone we are about to intro- duce , form , we think , rather a strange contrast to the bare arms , muscular frames , heated brows , and begrimed faces of the sturdy workmen we have ...
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