Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718)
by Daniel Defoe
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About This Book
"I was not above Seventeen Years of Age when the Battle of _Gillycranky_ was fought between the Two Highland Generals, the Lord Viscount _Dundee_ and _Mackay_. And being then a Stripling at the University of _Aberdeen_ and understanding that several Clans were gathering into a Body in defence of King _James_ III sold my Books and Furniture of my Lodgings, and equipp''d my self to observe the Martial Call, I found my self prompted with. I arriv''d in a few Days near the Field of Battle, and joyn''d my self with a broken Body of Men who were making up towards the Mountains to recover themselves ...
Chapters (5)
- THE MEMOIRS OF Majr. Alexander Ramkins,
- A HIGHLAND OFFICER, Now in Prison at AVIGNON.
- BEING An Account of several remarkable Adventures during about Twenty Eight Years Service in Scotland, Germany, Italy, Flanders and Ireland; exhibiting a very agreeable and instructive Lesson of Human Life, both in a Publick and Private Capacity, in several pleasant Instances of his Amours, Gallantry, Oeconomy, &c.
- THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER
- THE MEMOIRS OF Alexander Ramkins, &c.
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