The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10;Volume 83;Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... position . He praised the British troops , and gave the same account of the final result as in the official despatch . He denied that the movement of the Prussians on his flank had any effect ; the malevolent , he said , raised a cry of ...
... position . He praised the British troops , and gave the same account of the final result as in the official despatch . He denied that the movement of the Prussians on his flank had any effect ; the malevolent , he said , raised a cry of ...
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... position was marked in pencil , and a scale added near in red lead to show the neighbouring distances . Napoleon has a Mameluke sabre with this inscription on it : This is the sabre the Emperor carried at the Battle of Aboukir . " ' It ...
... position was marked in pencil , and a scale added near in red lead to show the neighbouring distances . Napoleon has a Mameluke sabre with this inscription on it : This is the sabre the Emperor carried at the Battle of Aboukir . " ' It ...
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... position . He held in his hands a portrait of the King of Rome which the Empress had sent him by M. de Bausset ; he played with it and kept saying , ' Let us see what he will be at five - and - twenty . ' The Imperial Guard was massed ...
... position . He held in his hands a portrait of the King of Rome which the Empress had sent him by M. de Bausset ; he played with it and kept saying , ' Let us see what he will be at five - and - twenty . ' The Imperial Guard was massed ...
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... positions there which has been seriously shaken . Both Colonel Maude and Mr. Fortescue come back with per- sistence to the theory that military affairs should be left to military men and that civilian comments are of the nature of ...
... positions there which has been seriously shaken . Both Colonel Maude and Mr. Fortescue come back with per- sistence to the theory that military affairs should be left to military men and that civilian comments are of the nature of ...
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... position so far , and that the reader is convinced that it would be better to have a smaller but better paid and more efficient army , there are certain consequences which we shall have to face . In my first discussion of this subject I ...
... position so far , and that the reader is convinced that it would be better to have a smaller but better paid and more efficient army , there are certain consequences which we shall have to face . In my first discussion of this subject I ...
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