Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 30,37 MB
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781333505523
Book Description
Excerpt from Abridgment of Goldsmith's History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the Death of George II., And Continued to the Close of the Year 1828 Their forces consisted chie y Of foot, and yet they could bring a considerable number of horse into the field upon great occasions. They likewise used chariots in battle, which, with short scythes fastened to the ends Of the axle trees, in icted terrible wounds, spreading horror and devas tation wheresoever they drove. Nor were the warriors who conducted them unemployed: these darted their javelins against the enemy, ran along the beam, leaped on the ground, resumed their seat, stopped, or turned their horses at full speed, and sometimes cunningly retreated, to draw the enemy into confusion. 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."