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Excerpt from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, Vol. 1 of 5
Every one will remember that period, fo glorious to Britain, the latter end of the minif''try of the late Earl of Chatham. I was then returned from a tour through the great ell part of Europe, particularly through the whole of Spain and Portugal, between whom there then was an appearance of approaching war. I was about'' to retire to a fmall pa trimony I had received from my ancef''tors, in order to em brace a life of Rudy and re?ection, nothing ''more aétive appearing then within my power, when chance threw me unexpeé''tedly into a very Ihort and very defultory conver''fam tion with Lord Chatham..
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Every one will remember that period, fo glorious to Britain, the latter end of the minif''try of the late Earl of Chatham. I was then returned from a tour through the great ell part of Europe, particularly through the whole of Spain and Portugal, between whom there then was an appearance of approaching war. I was about'' to retire to a fmall pa trimony I had received from my ancef''tors, in order to em brace a life of Rudy and re?ection, nothing ''more aétive appearing then within my power, when chance threw me unexpeé''tedly into a very Ihort and very defultory conver''fam tion with Lord Chatham..
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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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
James Bruce of Kinnaird
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ISBN - 9780265411377
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm
Page Count - 655
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James Bruce of Kinnaird
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ISBN - 9781330354230
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm
Page Count - 657
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