The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 (of 2) Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home

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Author

Maginn, William, 1793-1842

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond, The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Bushrangers

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57327

Release Date

June 14, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK. REMINISCENCES OF SEVENTEEN YEARS IN THE SERVICE ABROAD AND AT HOME. BY AN OFFICER OF THE LINE. “The wight can tell A melancholy and a merry tale Of field, and fight, and chief, and lady gay.” IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1827.
2. 2.CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
3. 3.THE MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK.
4. 4.NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. IV. — THE SENTINEL.
5. 5.ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE; OR, GONE TO SEA IN A COACH.
6. 6.THE PUNISHMENT.
7. 7.ECCENTRICITIES OF THE LATE MORRIS QUILL.
8. 8.MESS-TABLE CHAT. No. III.
9. 9.RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN IN THE PENINSULA. — PORTUGUESE NATIONAL SONG. — I. — II. — III. — THE SPANISH NATIONAL SONG. — I. — II.
10. 10.NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. V.
11. 11.HOLY ORDERS.
12. 12.A LITTLE CONSEQUENCE; OR, A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN RIGHT TO QUARTERS.
13. 13.THE HUSSAR AND THE COMMISSARY; OR, “MY COUSIN,” THE MARQUIS.
14. 14.ALLEMAR AND ELLEN. — SERENADE. — I. — LOVER. — HARPER. — TRIO. — II. — LOVER. — HARPER. — TRIO.
15. 15.THE COUP DE GRACE.
16. 16.A VOLUNTEER OF FORTY.
17. 17.THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN.
18. 18.MESS-TABLE CHAT. No. IV.
19. 19.NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. VI. — THE BUSH-RANGERS. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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