Copies of Original Letters from the Army of General Bonaparte in Egypt, Volúmenes1-2J. Wright, 1798 |
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Página vii
... appear to have known no more of its interior , than the inhabitants of the moon . This want of knowledge was universal - from the Com- mander in Chief * to the meanest soldier in the army , all was darkness , and blind confidence in the ...
... appear to have known no more of its interior , than the inhabitants of the moon . This want of knowledge was universal - from the Com- mander in Chief * to the meanest soldier in the army , all was darkness , and blind confidence in the ...
Página xvii
... appears from some of Bonaparte's letters , that he had not the slight- est idea of wintering in Egypt . " I shall pass , " says he , " the cold months in Burgundy , where I wish you would look out some little place for me " - Here ...
... appears from some of Bonaparte's letters , that he had not the slight- est idea of wintering in Egypt . " I shall pass , " says he , " the cold months in Burgundy , where I wish you would look out some little place for me " - Here ...
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... This is inaccurate . It appears from several of the letters , that a great portion of the army was engaged in the attack on Alexandria . † See the APPENDIX . back , as soon as they had read it , ORIGINAL LETTERS . 7 cet July 7.
... This is inaccurate . It appears from several of the letters , that a great portion of the army was engaged in the attack on Alexandria . † See the APPENDIX . back , as soon as they had read it , ORIGINAL LETTERS . 7 cet July 7.
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... appears from Boursienne's letter ( see No. 14. ) that he was still there on the 27th of July . This word is marked in the original , and evidently alludes to a piece of private history . tage : we see more in two days than common 8 ...
... appears from Boursienne's letter ( see No. 14. ) that he was still there on the 27th of July . This word is marked in the original , and evidently alludes to a piece of private history . tage : we see more in two days than common 8 ...
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... appears from the next letter , which is under the same sig- nature , and which the reader will find well worthy of his seriousjat tention , that Jaubert was first Commissary to the fleet . The cover of this letter is either lost or ...
... appears from the next letter , which is under the same sig- nature , and which the reader will find well worthy of his seriousjat tention , that Jaubert was first Commissary to the fleet . The cover of this letter is either lost or ...
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9 Thermidor Aboukir Adieu Admiral Alexandria Anglois Arabs armée army arrival assez autres avoient avoir avoit avons Beys bien blessés Bonaparte's Brueys c'est Caire Cairo cher cinq Citizen Citoyen Civita Vecchia Commander in Chief d'Alexandrie d'une Damietta dear Desaix Desert deux Directory donner Egypt enemy enfin English escadre étoient étoit être expedition faire fait faut fleet font Français France frégates French frigates Fructidor Ganteaume Général Bonaparte Général en Chef Grand Caire guerre Guillaume Tell heures hommes j'ai jours jusqu'à Kleber l'Amiral l'armée l'Egypte l'ennemi l'escadre l'on l'Orient la Citoyenne letter lieues Malta Mameloucs Menou ment Messidor Nile nouvelles ont été ordre pays peut port qu'elle qu'il qu'on quatre quelques reçu rendre Rosetta sail sera seul ships sommes Sublime Porte tems terre Thermidor thing Toulon tout TRANSLATION trois troops vaisseaux vessels voile διὰ καὶ νὰ τὰς τὴν τῆς τὸ τῶν
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Página 41 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Página 236 - ... of their enemies. May the empire of the Sultan therefore be eternal; but may the Beys of Egypt, our opposers, whose insatiable avarice has continually excited disobedience and insubordination, be trodden in the dust, and annihilated. Our friendship shall be extended to those of the inhabitants of Egypt who shall join us, as also to those who shall remain in their dwellings, and observe a strict neutrality ; and when they have seen our conduct with their own eyes, hasten to submit to us ; but...
Página 42 - Brueys, not being able to enter the port, which time and neglect had ruined, moored his ships in Aboukir Bay, in a strong and compact line of battle ; the headmost vessel, according to his own account, being as close as possible to a shoal on the NW, and the rest of the fleet forming a kind of curve along the line of deep water, so as not to be turned by any means in the SW...
Página 235 - In the name of God, gracious and merciful. There is no God but God ; he has no Son or associate in his kingdom.
Página 31 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you today: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Página 7 - At break of day on the 2d we invested Alexandria, after driving into the [town several small detachments of cavalry. The enemy defended themselves like men*; the artillery which they planted on the walls was wretchedly served, but their musketry was excellent. These people have no idea of children's play ; they either kill or are killed.
Página 246 - God willed them to wage war with Mussulmans ? Thrice happy those who shall be with us ! They will prosper in their fortune and their rank. Happy those who shall be neuter : they will have time to get acquainted with us, and will end by siding with us.
Página 250 - He was the author of Five Discourses, containing certain Arguments for and against the Reception of Christianity by the ancient Jews and Greeks...