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History of Canada: From Its First Discovery, to the Year 1791 - Page 284
by William Smith - 1815
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to ..., Volume 11

David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 576 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane ; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier : there was a sublimity...
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The History of England: From the Revolution to the Death of George the ...

Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1810 - 580 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane ; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity...
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The History of England: From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death ..., Volume 5

Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1822 - 486 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity...
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Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the ..., Volume 1

David Stewart - Clans - 1822 - 658 pages
...eager to acquire every species of military knowledge which study or actual service could bestow. " Brave, above all estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complaisant, and humane, the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier. There was a sublimity in his genius which soared...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 13

David Hume - Great Britain - 1825 - 486 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity...
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The History of England, Volume 5

Tobias Smollett - Great Britain - 1827 - 378 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...military knowledge that study could comprehend, that 1759actual service could illustrate and confirm. This noble warmth of disposition seldom fails to call...
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The History of England: In Five Volumes

Tobias George Smollett - Great Britain - 1827 - 388 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...military knowledge that study could comprehend, that 1759. actual service could illustrate and confirm. This noble warmth of disposition seldom fails to...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ..., Volume 16

David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 466 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane ; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity...
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Picture of Quebec: With Historical Recollections

Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1834 - 548 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervor of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane : the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier : there «• .. a...
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Hawkins's Picture of Quebec: With Historical Recollections

Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - Québec (Québec) - 1834 - 534 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervor of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...noble warmth of disposition seldom fails to call forth aud unfold the liberal virtues of the soul. Brave above all estimation of danper, he was also generous,...
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