Excerpt from The Life of Major J. G. Semple Lisle: Containing a Faithful Narrative of His Alternate Vicissitudes of Splendor and MisfortuneSuch as it has really been, he lays it before the World, ready to receive from the impartial voice of the Public that praife or that cenfure to which he may be found entitled.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.