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The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown, Esq
The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown Esq Author:John Campbell Subtitle: Containing His Observations on France and Italy; His Voyage to the Levant; His Account of the Isle of Malta; His Remarks in His Journies Thro' the Lower and Upper Egypt; Together With a Brief Description of the Abyssinian Empire. Interspersed Throughout With Several Curious Historical Passages Relating to Our Own as Well as Foreign Nat... more »ions; as Also With Critical Disquisitions as to the Present State of the Sciences in Egypt, Particularly Physic and Chemistry General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1739 Original Publisher: Printed by J. Applebee, for Subjects: Autobiographical fiction France Italy Middle East Egypt Ethiopia Malta History / Africa / Central History / Africa / East History / Ancient / Egypt History / Middle East / Egypt History / Europe / France History / Europe / Italy History / Middle East / General Travel / Middle East / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: It is faid that when the Marjhal was one Day pref- fing the Queen earneftly upon thefe Points, and her Majefty feemed inclin'd to comply with his Requefts, the MarJbaTs Wife could not refrain from faying ; Madam, you approvt tot eafily whatever Projefts this Fool forms, and in the End his Vanity and Self-Conceit will ruin us all. This Sentence doth not want Spirit, Senfe, and Loyalty, but at the fame Time it is a full Proof of that Contempt of her Husband which mufl have made her a very bad Wife. A complaifant Difpofition at- tones for many Faults; but I confefs I know not what Virtues can compenfate for the Want of fuch a Difpofition. My long Refidence at Geneva had, as I have obfer- ved, a great Influence on my Temper and Manner of living; I was no longer poflbfled with a Spirit...« less