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Robert Grenville Wallace, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Forty-Years-in-the-World~~Robert-Grenville-Wallace General Books LLC Purchase of this book i… Plus…

Robert Grenville Wallace, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books Forty-Years-in-the-World~~Robert-Grenville-Wallace General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: N". ii. THE YOUNG SOLDIER. Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, And, Charley, dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And muckle they may grieve ye. To my grandmother I could not return: shame, pride, and fear, prevented my thoughts from travelling northward. My perplexity was no doubt, strongly painted on my countenance, for I attracted the attention of a recruiting corporal, who persuaded me to try my fortune in his Majesty's service. I was taken by him to Captain Olpherts, and soon qualified for a red coat. I was deeply affected by the dignified appearance and generous conduct of the captain. He represented to me the rash step I was about totake, and advised me to reflect well, before I bound myself to a course of life which might occasion great uneasiness to my friends; " for," said he, " I suspect you have run away from your parents. Think of their anguish, and return: I will give you wherewith to bear your expenses, or support you here, till we apprize them of your situation." However, when I represented my forlorn state, he agreed that I had as good a chance in the army, as in any other course of life. What a lively impression benevolent conduct makes on the heart of man ! Captain Olpherts was blown up by the eKplosion of a mine,, together with a great part of the grenadier company of the 59th regiment, at Fort Cornelius, on the island of Java, when it was taken in 1811. Fourteen years have rolled away since that.period,, and inore than two-and-twenty have passed ,dow;n the stream of time since J received many kind attentions from him and his lovely lady, in Dublin ; yet a tear often starts to my eye when I remember his anxious wish to serve a friendless boy, such as I then was. .. Dear to my heart, yet full of pain, Is every thought I turn t...<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 130 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=8mm, Gew.=200gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of t… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 130 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=8mm, Gew.=200gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: N". ii. THE YOUNG SOLDIER. Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, And, Charley, dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And muckle they may grieve ye. To my grandmother I could not return: shame, pride, and fear, prevented my thoughts from travelling northward. My perplexity was no doubt, strongly painted on my countenance, for I attracted the attention of a recruiting corporal, who persuaded me to try my fortune in his Majesty's service. I was taken by him to Captain Olpherts, and soon qualified for a red coat. I was deeply affected by the dignified appearance and generous conduct of the captain. He represented to me the rash step I was about totake, and advised me to reflect well, before I bound myself to a course of life which might occasion great uneasiness to my friends; " for," said he, " I suspect you have run away from your parents. Think of their anguish, and return: I will give you wherewith to bear your expenses, or support you here, till we apprize them of your situation." However, when I represented my forlorn state, he agreed that I had as good a chance in the army, as in any other course of life. What a lively impression benevolent conduct makes on the heart of man ! Captain Olpherts was blown up by the eKplosion of a mine,, together with a great part of the grenadier company of the 59th regiment, at Fort Cornelius, on the island of Java, when it was taken in 1811. Fourteen years have rolled away since that.period,, and inore than two-and-twenty have passed ,dow;n the stream of time since J received many kind attentions from him and his lovely lady, in Dublin ; yet a tear often starts to my eye when I remember his anxious wish to serve a friendless boy, such as I then was. .. Dear to my heart, yet full of pain, Is every thought I turn t...<