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... tion of mere knowledge . Happily for him— The hard life of a fag - for in those days it was a hard life - and the unwholesome food disagreed with me so much that [ in the summer of 1804 ] my stepmother , the Duchess of Bedford ...
... tion of mere knowledge . Happily for him— The hard life of a fag - for in those days it was a hard life - and the unwholesome food disagreed with me so much that [ in the summer of 1804 ] my stepmother , the Duchess of Bedford ...
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... tion of older persons was directed to the charges against Lord Melville ; and Lord John made the attack on the states- man the subject of his first political satire . Thus it began : - It was an ordinary thing to take what was known as ...
... tion of older persons was directed to the charges against Lord Melville ; and Lord John made the attack on the states- man the subject of his first political satire . Thus it began : - It was an ordinary thing to take what was known as ...
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... tion was driven from office must have increased this feeling . For the fall of the Ministry was due to a despatch of the Duke of Bedford which embodied the hereditary policy of the Russells the admission of Roman Catholics into the army ...
... tion was driven from office must have increased this feeling . For the fall of the Ministry was due to a despatch of the Duke of Bedford which embodied the hereditary policy of the Russells the admission of Roman Catholics into the army ...
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... tion , two years . . In the end of May , or beginning of June , my brother William got a troop in the 23rd L. D. , after changing from the Royals , in which he had a lieutenancy , to the Canadian Fencibles , and after- wards to 81st ...
... tion , two years . . In the end of May , or beginning of June , my brother William got a troop in the 23rd L. D. , after changing from the Royals , in which he had a lieutenancy , to the Canadian Fencibles , and after- wards to 81st ...
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... tion . . . We returned to head - quarters to a late dinner ; and , if I recollect right , after one day more of stay with our general , I went alone to Lisbon and embarked in the packet for England . In less than a fortnight afterwards ...
... tion . . . We returned to head - quarters to a late dinner ; and , if I recollect right , after one day more of stay with our general , I went alone to Lisbon and embarked in the packet for England . In less than a fortnight afterwards ...
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