Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K.C.B. |
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... moved to the Before the age of ten , Havelock was sent with his brother William to the Charter House , and placed in the boarding house of Dr. Raine , the head master . Dr. Raine is described as " a man to be praised as often as he is ...
... moved to the Before the age of ten , Havelock was sent with his brother William to the Charter House , and placed in the boarding house of Dr. Raine , the head master . Dr. Raine is described as " a man to be praised as often as he is ...
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... moving principle of action , and he would no more have flinched from it in the cloisters of the Charter House , than he subsequently did 1811. ] DEATH OF HIS MOTHER . 5 amidst the 4 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK .
... moving principle of action , and he would no more have flinched from it in the cloisters of the Charter House , than he subsequently did 1811. ] DEATH OF HIS MOTHER . 5 amidst the 4 [ CHAP . I. MEMOIRS OF SIR HENRY HAVELOCK .
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... moved , the most memorable battles of Marlborough and Wellington , of Frederic the Second and Napoleon , calling up from his tenacious memory the strength and disposition of the different divisions , and tracing their evolutions on the ...
... moved , the most memorable battles of Marlborough and Wellington , of Frederic the Second and Napoleon , calling up from his tenacious memory the strength and disposition of the different divisions , and tracing their evolutions on the ...
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... move on Prome . Write , and requite me for this tedious recital , by just as ample an account of your own proceedings and prospects . Rely on it you will not weary me . Meanwhile think of me as of one who sincerely , I trust ...
... move on Prome . Write , and requite me for this tedious recital , by just as ample an account of your own proceedings and prospects . Rely on it you will not weary me . Meanwhile think of me as of one who sincerely , I trust ...
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... move in the humble post of interpreter , which is not very flattering to the vanity of the ex- Deputy Assistant Adjutant - General of the first British army which extended our conquests beyond the Ganges eastward ; but I am not in ...
... move in the humble post of interpreter , which is not very flattering to the vanity of the ex- Deputy Assistant Adjutant - General of the first British army which extended our conquests beyond the Ganges eastward ; but I am not in ...
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