The Monthly ReviewHurst, Robinson, 1831 |
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... less endu- rable than from most living writers , inasmuch as he well knows how , when he pleases , to be sententious in narrating events , and by a few picturesque touches to place a scene before his readers in the most perfect manner ...
... less endu- rable than from most living writers , inasmuch as he well knows how , when he pleases , to be sententious in narrating events , and by a few picturesque touches to place a scene before his readers in the most perfect manner ...
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... less to do with that warrior's splendid successes , than the military sagacity , and inflexibility , which so strongly cha- racterise his mind . Indeed it was not in Portugal alone , that his comprehensive genius displayed itself most ...
... less to do with that warrior's splendid successes , than the military sagacity , and inflexibility , which so strongly cha- racterise his mind . Indeed it was not in Portugal alone , that his comprehensive genius displayed itself most ...
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... less accuracy than eloquence . ' That the British infantry soldier is more robust than the soldier of any other nation , can scarcely be doubted by those who , in 1815 , observed his powerful frame , distinguished amidst the united ...
... less accuracy than eloquence . ' That the British infantry soldier is more robust than the soldier of any other nation , can scarcely be doubted by those who , in 1815 , observed his powerful frame , distinguished amidst the united ...
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... less energy , failed almost as soon as it commenced .'— vol . iii . pp . 287-292 . This affair was soon after followed by the third invasion of Por- tugal , expressly ordered by Napoleon , the prudence of whose plans is warmly ...
... less energy , failed almost as soon as it commenced .'— vol . iii . pp . 287-292 . This affair was soon after followed by the third invasion of Por- tugal , expressly ordered by Napoleon , the prudence of whose plans is warmly ...
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... less help , to journey for days in company with contending armies . ' This was not all . Upon the approach of the French to Coimbra , the light division of our troops marched hastily through the city , in order to gain the defiles of ...
... less help , to journey for days in company with contending armies . ' This was not all . Upon the approach of the French to Coimbra , the light division of our troops marched hastily through the city , in order to gain the defiles of ...
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