The Quarterly review, Volume 13Murray, 1815 |
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... letter which was never intended to meet the public eye , has told us what his reflections were upon the field of battle ; he was a man to whom the sight , and even the thought of an exe- cution had been intolerably painful , but he had ...
... letter which was never intended to meet the public eye , has told us what his reflections were upon the field of battle ; he was a man to whom the sight , and even the thought of an exe- cution had been intolerably painful , but he had ...
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... Letters , Part 2 , there are two letters without a signature , ad- dressed to a Citizen Miot , ( Nos . 4 and 16. ) The editor has attributed them to one of the savans , the writer being a botanist and a man of letters ; but the letters ...
... Letters , Part 2 , there are two letters without a signature , ad- dressed to a Citizen Miot , ( Nos . 4 and 16. ) The editor has attributed them to one of the savans , the writer being a botanist and a man of letters ; but the letters ...
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... letters that the fleet at Abou- kir had been destroyed by Nelson : -that fleet upon which the French depended for keeping up their communications with ... letter to the Directory , 18151 Miot's Mémoires de l'Expédition en Egypte , & c . 17.
... letters that the fleet at Abou- kir had been destroyed by Nelson : -that fleet upon which the French depended for keeping up their communications with ... letter to the Directory , 18151 Miot's Mémoires de l'Expédition en Egypte , & c . 17.
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clared , in an official letter to the Directory , that he had ordered him not to remain an hour in that situation ... letters addressed themselves with what appetite they might . The French were mas- ters of Cairo , and nominally lords ...
clared , in an official letter to the Directory , that he had ordered him not to remain an hour in that situation ... letters addressed themselves with what appetite they might . The French were mas- ters of Cairo , and nominally lords ...
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... letter was received Djezzar Pacha would be no more . The troops who had been employed in the expedition , and who had seen so many of their comrades sacrificed to his obstinacy at Acre , knew that they had been defeated , and were at ...
... letter was received Djezzar Pacha would be no more . The troops who had been employed in the expedition , and who had seen so many of their comrades sacrificed to his obstinacy at Acre , knew that they had been defeated , and were at ...
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Page 133 - The rain had not commenced three minutes before many of the soldiers were affected with vomiting; others fell asleep, and seemed as if half intoxicated. I felt a strong inclination to sleep during the storm; and as soon as it was over I fell asleep on the wet ground, although I used every exertion to keep myself awake. The soldiers likewise fell asleep on the wet bundles.
Page 130 - ... Scott, have both bid adieu to the things of this world; and the greater part of the soldiers have died on the march during the rainy season; but you may believe me, I am in good health. The rains are completely over, and the healthy season has commenced, so that there is no danger of sickness; and I have still a sufficient force to protect me from any insult in sailing down the river, to the sea. "We have already embarked all our things, and shall sail the moment I have finished this letter.
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