Memoir of the Operations of the Army of the Danube, Under the Command of General Jourdan, 1799. Taken from the Manuscripts of that Officer. Translated from the French

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Bunney and Gold, 1799 - Danube River Valley - 231 pages
 

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Page x - I hope, impofe filericg on thofe bafe fpirits who accufe, for the fake of accufing, as well as thofe violent and wicked men, who would bear down integrity and virtue, by the weight of that hatred and abhorrence which they alone deferve.
Page viii - In the midst of such a confusion of opinions, the virtuous man would experience real discouragement, if he were not supported by the testimony of his conscience, and the hope of making truth triumphant.—If I stood alone, I should brave the utmost efforts of calumny : but my...
Page vii - ... of dignity, and to a republican ; I yield, with extreme reluctance, to the wishes of my friends.— I have at length...
Page ix - This fmall part of them, which the misfortunes of the time wring from me, will give a triumphant...

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