The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... letters of Dr. Moore to his wife at Glasgow , which have been carefully preserved , appears that young Moore , before he was twelve years of age , had taken an inclination for the army , which his father did not disap- prove of , and ...
... letters of Dr. Moore to his wife at Glasgow , which have been carefully preserved , appears that young Moore , before he was twelve years of age , had taken an inclination for the army , which his father did not disap- prove of , and ...
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... letter no notice is taken of his knowledge of the Latin language , which was moderate ; but the advantages derived from his father's superintendency were great . He prompted him to the study of history , poetry , and writers of the ...
... letter no notice is taken of his knowledge of the Latin language , which was moderate ; but the advantages derived from his father's superintendency were great . He prompted him to the study of history , poetry , and writers of the ...
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... these occasions young Moore studied the German language assiduously . By a passage in a letter from him to me , dated Hanover , May 2 , 1775 , his passion for the army had increased , for he writes , - 8 [ 1775 . LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
... these occasions young Moore studied the German language assiduously . By a passage in a letter from him to me , dated Hanover , May 2 , 1775 , his passion for the army had increased , for he writes , - 8 [ 1775 . LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
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... letter to his brother Graham , at Glasgow : - ' I am pleased , my dear boy , that you wish to be a sailor , for I am sure you will be a • brave one . I hope that , in some years after 6 this , you and I will thresh the Monsieurs 1775 ...
... letter to his brother Graham , at Glasgow : - ' I am pleased , my dear boy , that you wish to be a sailor , for I am sure you will be a • brave one . I hope that , in some years after 6 this , you and I will thresh the Monsieurs 1775 ...
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... letter to Mrs. Moore , he writes : - ' I have not yet time to give you my sen- ' timents on the wonders I have seen ; only , ' I must assure you that the Roman history ' never gave me such a high idea of that ' amazing people , as the ...
... letter to Mrs. Moore , he writes : - ' I have not yet time to give you my sen- ' timents on the wonders I have seen ; only , ' I must assure you that the Roman history ' never gave me such a high idea of that ' amazing people , as the ...
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afterwards alarm Anderson arms army arrived artillery assembled attack Bastia batteries bayonets besieged boats Brigands British camp cannon Captain Castlebar cavalry coast Colonel Moore column command commenced corps Corsicans detachment diers dragoons Duke of Hamilton Duke of York Dundas Egypt embarked enemy enemy's entrenchments escaped father favourable fire flank fleet force Fornelli forward France French frigates front garrison gave Gibraltar grenadiers ground guard guns hill horse hundred infantry inhabitants intelligence Ireland Irish island Lake landed letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hood Lucia manded ment military Minorca Moore's Morne Fortuné negroes neral night officers orders Paoli party pickets reached rear rebels received redoubt regiment reinforcement repulsed reserve resolved sailed sent ship shore shot siege Sir Charles Stuart Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wish wounded