The Military Sketch-Book, Vol. 2 (of 2) / Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home
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The Military Sketch-Book (Volume 1); Reminiscences of seventeen years in the service abroad and at home by William Maginn has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.
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- 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.
- CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
- THE MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK.
- NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. IV.
- THE SENTINEL.
- ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE; OR, GONE TO SEA IN A COACH.
- THE PUNISHMENT.
- ECCENTRICITIES OF THE LATE MORRIS QUILL.
- MESS-TABLE CHAT. No. III.
- RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN IN THE PENINSULA.
- PORTUGUESE NATIONAL SONG.
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- II.
- III.
- THE SPANISH NATIONAL SONG.
- I.
- II.
- NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. V.
- HOLY ORDERS.
- A LITTLE CONSEQUENCE; OR, A SMALL DIFFERENCE IN RIGHT TO QUARTERS.
- THE HUSSAR AND THE COMMISSARY; OR, “MY COUSIN,” THE MARQUIS.
- ALLEMAR AND ELLEN.
- SERENADE.
- I. LOVER.
- HARPER.
- TRIO.
- II. LOVER.
- HARPER.
- TRIO.
- THE COUP DE GRACE.
- A VOLUNTEER OF FORTY.
- THE HALF-PAY CAPTAIN.
- MESS-TABLE CHAT. No. IV.
- NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE. No. VI.
- THE BUSH-RANGERS.
- FOOTNOTES:
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