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We regret that this should have been thought necessary ; for although fuller
information has enabled Mr. Gleig to enrich his biography with a great deal of
matter which is not to be found in Brialmont , yet it is to be remembered that his
works ...
We regret that this should have been thought necessary ; for although fuller
information has enabled Mr. Gleig to enrich his biography with a great deal of
matter which is not to be found in Brialmont , yet it is to be remembered that his
works ...
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... Napoleon Buonaparte into the world — 1769 . It hardly matters which , as
between March , April , and May , but it is worth while to recapitulate these
discrepancies , which have been often enough repeated , and sometimes made
worse ...
... Napoleon Buonaparte into the world — 1769 . It hardly matters which , as
between March , April , and May , but it is worth while to recapitulate these
discrepancies , which have been often enough repeated , and sometimes made
worse ...
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The later statement must , of course , be taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature
judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some explanation of the
discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at
the same ...
The later statement must , of course , be taken to represent Mr. Gleig's mature
judgment in the matter ; but one naturally looks for some explanation of the
discrepancy between these two statements . And it would be well to clear up at
the same ...
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His published memoranda , reports , and despatches show how hard he
laboured for his advancement , by studying all matters connected directly or
indirectly with his profession -- geographical , financial , and even agricultural ,as
well as all ...
His published memoranda , reports , and despatches show how hard he
laboured for his advancement , by studying all matters connected directly or
indirectly with his profession -- geographical , financial , and even agricultural ,as
well as all ...
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But there the matter ended . ' † 27th February , 1799 , ' Supplementary
Despatches , ' vol . i . p . 199 . We have made our quotations from the Despatches
themselves , as Mr . Gleig is not always perfectly accurate . $ 29th January , 1799
, Camp ...
But there the matter ended . ' † 27th February , 1799 , ' Supplementary
Despatches , ' vol . i . p . 199 . We have made our quotations from the Despatches
themselves , as Mr . Gleig is not always perfectly accurate . $ 29th January , 1799
, Camp ...
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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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