Note 6 — Chapter III · A Peep into Spain—Account of the Origin and Services of the Ahmednuggar Irregulars

I do not wish to brag of my style of writing, or to pretend that my genius as a writer has not been equalled in former times; but if, in the works of Byron, Scott, Goethe, or Victor Hugo, the reader can find a more beautiful sentence than the above, I will be obliged to him, that is all—I simply say, I will be obliged to him.—G. O’G. G., M.H.E.I.C.S., C.I.H.A.