Wellington: a ReassessmentJ. Barrie, 1956 - 278 sider |
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Side 19
... wrote , " I am heartily sick of the business , and wish I was anywhere else . " Nevertheless he worked on , and pushed forward the battering - train to Vellore . He prevailed on Lord Clive , the new Governor of Madras , to appoint a ...
... wrote , " I am heartily sick of the business , and wish I was anywhere else . " Nevertheless he worked on , and pushed forward the battering - train to Vellore . He prevailed on Lord Clive , the new Governor of Madras , to appoint a ...
Side 44
... wrote to his brother of Harris , " I wish for several reasons that you had a Commander - in - Chief under you who , when he approved of the conduct of an officer , would have a sufficiency of spirit to make known his approba- tion ...
... wrote to his brother of Harris , " I wish for several reasons that you had a Commander - in - Chief under you who , when he approved of the conduct of an officer , would have a sufficiency of spirit to make known his approba- tion ...
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... wrote , " I hear that Dr. Farr says it was Canning's temper that killed him . ” This was bad enough , but Wellington , for the first and only time in his life , lost his head as well , for on the day following the resignation of his ...
... wrote , " I hear that Dr. Farr says it was Canning's temper that killed him . ” This was bad enough , but Wellington , for the first and only time in his life , lost his head as well , for on the day following the resignation of his ...
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