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The Military Sketch-Book. Vol. 1 (of 2) - Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home
In presenting these Sketches to the public, the Author begs leave to say, that although in their production he sometimes indulged his imagination, fancy has only been employed to decorate truth. Facts form the ground-work of his book; and although the ornaments may have been carelessly or tastelessly placed, real incidents have neither been obscured nor distorted. To the gentleman who supplied the Author with the necessary hints for the sketch entitled Mess Table Chat, (No. IV.) and also to the gallant officer whose memory and kindness furnished him with the facts relative to the Bush-rangers of Van Diemen's Land, the Author returns his most sincere thanks. Never shall I forget the delightful sensations my mind experienced on reading, in the long-expected Gazette, the announcement of my first military appointment. I was in London at the time, and had been residing three weeks at Old Slaughter's Coffee House, in St. Martin's Lane, deferring from Tuesday 'till Saturday, and from Saturday 'till Tuesday, the fulfilment of my mother's strict injunctions to take lodgings and live economically, when one evening the waiter handed to me, damp from the press, the official sheet which was to terminate all my anxiety. There I was in print,in absolute print; and that, too, in the Gazetteby the King's Royal Authority! ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 58449
Author: Maginn, William
Release Date: Dec 10, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English
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