Excerpt from The Battle of Queenston Heights: Oct 13, 1812 G that means are not furnished us tourists for learn ing these remarkable facts 2 Oh, Madam, perhaps, at present, there is generally some garrulous old gentleman whose brains lady tour ists can pick, and so farther information is not necessary! Oh, that is all right, as to the garrulousness, but we can hardly express the Oh ligation we all feel to you for these very striking facts in our nation's history. May I be plain with you, Sir. Though a stranger? Certainly, ...
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Excerpt from The Battle of Queenston Heights: Oct 13, 1812 G that means are not furnished us tourists for learn ing these remarkable facts 2 Oh, Madam, perhaps, at present, there is generally some garrulous old gentleman whose brains lady tour ists can pick, and so farther information is not necessary! Oh, that is all right, as to the garrulousness, but we can hardly express the Oh ligation we all feel to you for these very striking facts in our nation's history. May I be plain with you, Sir. Though a stranger? Certainly, Madam. Well, I must say, then, that I think it your duty to put these things in printed form for the help of tourists. You were born here; your father was in the fight your account to us shows that you are familiar with the incidents of the fight and with the men who fought it you say that you are the oldest person living born on this spot; it seems to me, really, your duty to reduce your information to writing and give it to us, who are younger, before your sun goes down. And, Sir, may your sunset be yet far off Please, what was the war of 1812 about 2 Yes, yes, they all said, we know nothing about it. I told them briefly. It was all genially, gently, handsomely said. I have taken it to thought, and I dedicate this little booklet to the gentle tourist who laid the injunction 011 me to v rite it. TO the tourist public I would say that I shall be glad if my trouble shall meet with the interest of those who read these lines. J. Cooke. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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