Observations On The Present State Of The Portuguese Army PDF Download

Excerpt from The Present State of Portugal, and of the Portuguese Army: With an Epitome of the Ancient History of That Kingdom, a Sketch of the Campaigns of the Marquis of Wellington for the Last Four Years, and Observations on the Manners and Customs of the People, Agriculture, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, and Literature As the appearance of the present Volume isin some mea sure owing to a former publication, I must trespass for a moment on the patience of the reader, while I give a short account of that Work, and of the circumstances under which it was published. This account is due to many of my friends, and necessary in some respects for my own justification. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.