Duke of Wellington

She once tried to rile woman together to erect a statue of a nude Achilles in tribute to the Duke of Wellington.

Tart of the Week: Lavinia Countess Spencer Heather Carroll 2008

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and thoroughly immoral -- doctrine that 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it.

"Violence Never Solves Anything" UndercoverPunk 2004

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and thoroughly immoral -- doctrine that 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it.

Archive 2004-09-01 UndercoverPunk 2004

Both generations regarded him as “stuck up,” and both respected him for his excellent aristocratic manners, for his reputation as a lady killer, for the fact that he was always perfectly dressed and always stayed in the best room in the best hotel; for the fact that he knew about good food and had once even dined with the Duke of Wellington at Louis

Fathers and Sons 2003

When the Duke of Wellington of Great Britain was fighting Napoleon of France at Waterloo, the whole of Western civilization stood in the balance.

Swan’s Soup & Salad DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 1999

When the Duke of Wellington of Great Britain was fighting Napoleon of France at Waterloo, the whole of Western civilization stood in the balance.

Swan’s Soup & Salad DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 1999

Prime Minister has had to echo those words of the Duke of Wellington of seventy years ago -- "If we don't preserve peace in Ireland we shall not be a Government," and the periodic recrudescence of lawlessness which the island has seen has, it is freely admitted, forced the hands of

Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Michael F. J. McDonnell

Henry Somerset, military secretary to the Duke of Wellington, lost an arm at the Duke's side at Waterloo, and forty years later commanded the

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

He adds the characteristic remark that their nephew would be in no less danger at the headquarters of the Duke of Wellington 'à cause de la religion.'

The Liberation of Italy Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 1891

In one of his works severely blamed Lord Cornwallis for the failure of the British arms in America and he assumed to criticise the military character of the Duke of Wellington.

Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians John Hill 1884