The Horse GuardsJ. & D.A. Darling, 1850 - 104 páginas |
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... authorities could only muster boys sufficient to complete - if indeed they are completed - two . Surely the decrease in the number of applicants for admission does not speak highly on its favour . In the " Complete Guide , " a very ...
... authorities could only muster boys sufficient to complete - if indeed they are completed - two . Surely the decrease in the number of applicants for admission does not speak highly on its favour . In the " Complete Guide , " a very ...
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... authorities at the present day to an officer once in the tropics being permitted to escape even for a few weeks , that a short time since , on the occasion of a severe domestic calamity , a staff officer , who had served seven ...
... authorities at the present day to an officer once in the tropics being permitted to escape even for a few weeks , that a short time since , on the occasion of a severe domestic calamity , a staff officer , who had served seven ...
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... authorities sagely opine , that if once a man withdraws from the fasci- nations of the climate , they may possibly encounter considerable difficulty in persuading him to return to his station , in default of which arrangement being ...
... authorities sagely opine , that if once a man withdraws from the fasci- nations of the climate , they may possibly encounter considerable difficulty in persuading him to return to his station , in default of which arrangement being ...
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... authorities at the Ordnance entertain the slightest doubt on the subject , their minds can readily be set at ease as regards facts , for on the 2nd and 17th of every month one of the Royal West India Mail Steam Packets leaves ...
... authorities at the Ordnance entertain the slightest doubt on the subject , their minds can readily be set at ease as regards facts , for on the 2nd and 17th of every month one of the Royal West India Mail Steam Packets leaves ...
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... authorities did not pause , ere they ran the risk of recalling to remembrance , the inde- fensible act of " patronage , " practised in the said corps some three years since ; for , although the memory of the " Great Duke , " may have ...
... authorities did not pause , ere they ran the risk of recalling to remembrance , the inde- fensible act of " patronage , " practised in the said corps some three years since ; for , although the memory of the " Great Duke , " may have ...
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acts advantage afforded allowed amount appear appointments army authorities become benefit better branches British building called carrying chanced clothing colonel command Commander-in-Chief consequently considerable continue corps course court desire directed Duke duty effect equally estimation exist expence fact favour feeling field follow fortune four gallant given Grace grant hands head honour hope Horse Guards individual instance interest Islands leave London matter means measure ment military mind mode never object observed occur offered officer opinion opportunity opposite otherwise pass perform period permitted person pleasing position possess possibility practical present probably profession promotion promulgated prove punishment rank received regards regiment remain render reply respecting rest result Royal sent served soldier station sufficient supposed taken tion troops West Indies
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