The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (Who Accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762): Containing Whatever...

The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (Who Accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762): Containing Whatever...
ISBN-10
152796213X
ISBN-13
9781527962132
Category
Travel
Pages
172
Language
English
Published
2017-09-16
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
Henry Timberlake

Description

Excerpt from The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (Who Accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762): Containing Whatever He Observed Remarkable, or Worthy of Public Notice, During His Travels to and From That Nation; Wherein the Country, Government, Genius, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Are Authentically Described Highly fo, fince a perfon who bears ill treat ment without complaining, is generally held by his friends pufillanimous, or believed to be with held by {ecret motives from his own jufiifica; tion. I know not what mine think, but it will not be amifs to inforce their good opinion of me, by laying all my actions Open to their view, And as once publifhing will be more general, and fave many repetitions of a difagreeable nar ration, this motive firft induced me to write, to exchange my {word for a pen, that I wield as a foldier, who never dreamt of 'the beauties of fiile, or propriety of expreflion. Excufe then, gentle reader, all the faults that may occur, in confideration that thefe are not my weapons, and that tho' I received almofi as good an education. 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.

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