Military Memoir Of Colonel John Birch Sometime Governor Of Hereford In The Civil War Between Charles I And The Parliament

Author : Roe Roe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365426424
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Military Memoir of Colonel John Birch written by Roe Roe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Military Memoir of Colonel John Birch: Sometime Governor of Hereford in the Civil War Between Charles I. And the Parliament; With an Historical and Critical Commentary, Notes, and Appendix If it be worth inquiry why this should have been adopted (as there must have been a motive for so singular a mode of expression, ) in what the inferior Officer wrote and his superior approved, it may seem that out of compliment to the latter an opportunity was afforded not only of avoiding egotism, but of introducing circumstantial traits of character in a way that modesty would hardly have allowed Birch to use in speaking of his own exploits. To some it may appear that the Colonel might perhaps himself have suggested this description of his own doings and sayings: at any rate he gave it his sanction by correcting it, as is evident to the Editor, with his own hand. It must be admitted that Roe in his'zeal to exalt the Colonel has attributed to him the springs and results of certain successes unnoticed in this way by others; but, whatever may be thought of this, the reader will probably be amused by the earnest deference, amounting almost to flattery, oddly mixed with the frankness of the soldier and the pious ex hortations and licence of a friend; while he calls his grateful attention in the language of the time to what the Colonel had been permitted to do, as well as to the perils. That he had escaped, and reminds him of what he might have forgotten. 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.