Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt PDF Download

Author: Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science Clinical Professor of Neurology Thomas Walsh
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266530206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522

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Excerpt from Journal of the Late Campaign in Egypt: Including Descriptions of That Country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri; With an Appendix; Containing Official Papers and Documents That his statements of facts are correct, he trusts will not be called in question, as they have received the approbation of those, who were some of the principal actors' in the scenes recorded: for every thing else he must rely on the candour of the reader. All he aims to give is a simple narrative of the events that occurred, from the 94th of October 1800, the day on which sailing orders arrived at Gibraltar, to the final conquest of Egypt; unadorned with the beauties of composition, or elegance of style. To discuss the propriety of measures, reason on the consequences of incidents, and bestow 'praise Where so much well-earned praise is unques tionably due, would be in him not merely an invidious task, but would deservedly expose him to the censure of presumption. From this, therefore, he has refrained, leaving the facts to speak for themselves; and, not aspiring to the. Praise of an historian, he has preferred the Journal form, as more consonant with his views. Perhaps, however, the reader will not censure him severely, if he occasionally step out of this track for a few moments, briefly to describe what he has seen, or to relate the feelings sug gested to his mind on the spot as they arose. Of places often visited, and on which the pens of various travellers have been copiously employed, he has said but little: yet different people seldom see things with the same eyes, and there fore -some of his few remarks on them may possi bly be new. On other parts, had his time and leisure allowed him to see more, he would have been more diffuse. In all cases he can truly say, he has spoken of things precisely as they ap peared to himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.