The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... but that he formed a very high opinion of him on better acquaintance , during
the latter part of the voyage , and believed they would hear great things of him
afterwards . We have made inquiries of the family , but have not yet ascertained
what ...
... but that he formed a very high opinion of him on better acquaintance , during
the latter part of the voyage , and believed they would hear great things of him
afterwards . We have made inquiries of the family , but have not yet ascertained
what ...
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In my opinion he is at present awkwardly situated , and he will require all the
powers which can be given him to keep in order the officers who will be in his
army . Your presence will diminish his powers , at the same time that as it is
impossible ...
In my opinion he is at present awkwardly situated , and he will require all the
powers which can be given him to keep in order the officers who will be in his
army . Your presence will diminish his powers , at the same time that as it is
impossible ...
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... pleased me by placing him in any situation in which his appointment could be
injurious to the public service . My opinion , or rather knowledge and experience
of his discretion , judgment , temper , and integrity are such , that if you had not ...
... pleased me by placing him in any situation in which his appointment could be
injurious to the public service . My opinion , or rather knowledge and experience
of his discretion , judgment , temper , and integrity are such , that if you had not ...
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We pursued them as long as daylight lasted , and the exhausted state of the men
and horses would allow , and slept on the field . " Mr. Gleig intersperses his work
with many portions of conversations , or descriptions , or opinions , from the ...
We pursued them as long as daylight lasted , and the exhausted state of the men
and horses would allow , and slept on the field . " Mr. Gleig intersperses his work
with many portions of conversations , or descriptions , or opinions , from the ...
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Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was no one to whom
he was so little reserved , or of whom he had a higher opinion than the late Sir
John Malcolm . A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was
never ...
Of those with whom he corresponded when in India there was no one to whom
he was so little reserved , or of whom he had a higher opinion than the late Sir
John Malcolm . A remark that once dropped from him , to the effect that he was
never ...
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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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