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...g firemen on the old English trains. And how many years was it before the British government was able to get rid of those firemen who were being pai... ...ffective leader. After Singapore was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, the British educated leader led a population of Chinese, Malays and Indians to... ... society can afford it today. But it does make for a popular topic on the campaign trails in your country. “But it‟s not only about health ... ...riority for education and housing. Along with these incentives, publicity campaigns urged parents to „Stop at Two.‟ There was also the strong message... ...urope, even though they may save the company money. On the other hand, at British Telecom home working and flexible time have saved the company abou... ...tern countries grant citizenship to African runners just because they win medals. We don‟t rank running fast nearly as high as research abilities, bu... ... —“Did you hear that the president of Mexico financed a public relations campaign in the U.S. to try to change American negative opinions of illega...

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...13) promptly deteriorated into internecine warfare over the spoils of a successful campaign - namely, over Macedonia. Serbs, Greeks, Montenegrins a... ...speak the Serb language, changed Macedonian names to Serb ones in brutally carried campaigns and imposed a corrupt and incompetent bureaucracy upon... ...ad free rooms for the IMRO. The tobacco industry paid the IMRO more than a million British pounds of that time in six years of "taxation". Robberie... ... back in with German and Austrian settlers and immediately embarked upon a massive campaign of forced assimilation. Thus, as Vojvodina prospered wi... ...generals now in charge reverted to Yugoslavia's neutrality and refused to join the British-Greek naval treaty, for example. But what appeared to be... ... army fought the partisans and the Allied Forces. When it tried to surrender to the British army in 1945 - it refused to accept their capitulation a... ... Jewish doctors are out to kill our government; Triumphalism - we've won more gold medals than the Americans! Denial - nobody was as good as Sovie...

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...the plants we allowed to go extinct. Biotech corporations have launched huge campaigns to introduce ‘patented’ seeds into the market. The new biote... ...fraid of losing any more market share than they already had by their mistaken campaign to change a successful product that has stood the test of the ... ...ecause they had no millions of dollars to stuff into the coffers of political campaigns. The status-quo treated them with complete contempt, and act... ...he voice of his master. Just as Queen Victoria was listened to by the entire British Empire. Class racism. Class brainwashing. The brainwashing ... ...: two Christian nations stopped the killing to observe the birth of a child. British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers and exchanged gi... ...ey get used to the European presence on their land, and then the might of the British navy and army can roll in after the vermin have established th... ...o with the human aspect of any physical activity or accomplishment. Awarding medals or trophies; is merely an attempt to preserve and glorify compe... .... Instead: there is a much simpler form of punishment. They should wear the medals of their crimes for the rest of their lives. Whether this is do... ...heir lives. Whether this is done by tattooing, or wristbands, or wearing the medals of their crimes pinned onto their clothes: they should be senten...

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...m to think of the military profession: at any rate, to desire to see a few campaigns, and accordingly he pressed his new pa- troness to get him a pair... ...c stories of wondrous cures ef- fected by the blessed king’s rosaries, the medals which he wore, the locks of his hair, or what not. Esmond remembered... ... The appointment to his ensigncy, and the preparations nec- essary for the campaign, presently gave the young gentleman other matters to think of. His... ...ade no stand before our troops, and were not in strength to do so. But the campaign, if not very glorious, was very pleasant. New sights of nature, by... ...mbling down the stairs when the fife and drum call you, and huzzah for the British Grenadiers—do you take account that these items go to make up the a...

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...etermined that he would distinguish himself so prodigiously in the ensuing campaign that the old gentleman must give in to him. And if not? Bah! the w... ...e “Howling Wil- derness,” the “Washerwoman of Wandsworth Common,” and the “British Soldier’s best Bayonet,” which, bent upon awak- ening her before sh... ...woke them in the morning; at nightfall they went to bed to the note of the British fife and drum: all the country and Europe was in arms, and the grea... ...ronged the town, and appeared in every public place, filled George’s truly British soul with in- tense delight. They flung off that happy frigidity an... ...hese were mere by-gone days and talk. When the final news arrived that the campaign was opened, and the troops were to march, Rawdon’s gravity became ... ...ardianship. And this famous dandy of Windsor and Hyde Park went off on his campaign with a kit as modest as that of a sergeant, and with something lik... ...ous soldier, and introduced him to many sergeants and others with Waterloo medals on their breasts, to whom the old grandfather pompously presented th...

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...rt to be re- garded as a republication of papers scattered through several British journals twenty or thirty years ago, which papers have been reprint... ...t years, I have received from many quarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing ... ...much leisure for study, I pause to explain—that the head of Memnon, in the British Museum, that sublime head which wears upon its lips a smile coexten... ...s was clear, because he never repeated them in his “General History of the Campaigns,” which was a resumé, or recapitulating digest, of his daily repo... ...vexatious re- proach of being habitually a “pettifogulizer.” Meantime, our campaigning continued to rage. Overtures of pacification were never mention... ...ttle scamp, conceiting himself entitled to it be- fore he has finished two campaigns. “But I was not the per- son to be beaten off in this fashion. I ... ...heir power or their triumphs, upon columns, arches, temples, basilicae, or medals? A national act, a solemn and deliberate act, delivered to history, ...

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...k Mall. CHAPTER II In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign WHEN MISS SHARP had performed the heroical act mentioned in the la... ... minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me to s... ...r, to make a little heap for Rebecca. And going to her Papa, that generous British merchant, who had promised to give her as many guineas as she was y... ...et except his own; and it is with grief and pain, that, as admirers of the British aristocracy, we find ourselves obliged to admit the existence of so... ... guardsman. Skirmishes of this sort passed perpetu- ally during the little campaign —tedious to relate, and similar in result. The Crawley heavy caval... ...oney looked to get their companies without purchase. Before the end of the campaign (which she resolved to share), Mrs. Major O’Dowd hoped to write he... ...ous soldier, and introduced him to many sergeants and others with Waterloo medals on their breasts, to whom the old grandfather pompously presented th...

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... for some time, between the years 1824 and 1828, senior officer of a small British Squadron on the West Coast of South America. His book published in ... ...t me about my strong man. And from our impa- tience to end this inglorious campaign I am afraid that all we young officers became reckless and apt to ... ...lector, too. He collects neither porcelain, nor bronzes, nor pictures, nor medals, nor stamps, nor anything that could be prof- itably dispersed under... ...r him going about amongst us to this day, a vet- eran of many subterranean campaigns, standing aside now, safe within his reputation of merely the gre... ...n working all his aides-de-camp particularly hard. The last three weeks of campaigning in horrible weather had af- fected his health. When over-tired ...

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... of the Algerian wars proposed to make a clean march to the capital of the British Empire at the head of ten thou- sand men; which seems a small quant... ...d not hear my knock at your door.’ Now, could he trust her? The widow of a British officer killed nobly fighting for his country in India, was a perso... ... and tenacious Romfrey blood, he hated the title of Norman. We are English—British, he said. A family resting its pride on mere ancestry provoked his ... ...he Louvre.’ And he would have had her to suppose that he had looked on the campaigning head-cover of Napoleon simply as a shocking bad, bald, brown-ru... ...parsonical. But his heart was won by Nevil’s determination to wear out the campaign rather than be invalided or entrusted with a holiday duty. ‘I see ... ...ulls of our 108 Beauchamp’s Career national enemy on the wide and fertile campaigns of France.’ This was pageantry. There was more of it. Then the se... ...not an Imperialist; he had to remain in garrison.’ ‘He wore a multitude of medals, I have been told. A cup of tea, Cecilia. And how long did he stay i...

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...ion Jack flutters on all the winds of heaven. Under these safeguards, portly cler- gymen, school-mistresses, gentlemen in grey tweed suits, and all th... ...atter, into noisome dungeons: if his papers are in order, he is suffered to go his way indeed, but not until he has been humiliated by a general incre... ... of a whole life in which you have no part paralyses personal desire. You are content to become a mere spectator. The baker stands in his door; the co... ... shift to wash ourselves, while Madame Gilliard brushed the family boots on the outer doorstep, and M. Hector, whistling cheerily, arranged some small... ...ncs for the narrator. The thing was palpably absurd; but I paid up, and at once dropped all friendliness of manner, and kept him in his place as an in... ... as something to remind us that life is not by necessity the kind of thing we generally make it. Even a German band, if you see it leaving town in the...

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... army of the king, had given him a Bible in Italian—the publication of the British and Foreign Bible Society, bound in a dark leather cover. In peri- ... ...ooked for the general. He had cooked for him in Lombardy through the whole campaign; on the march to Rome he had lassoed his beef in the Campagna afte... ...l the low mud walls of a village, Don Pepe would interrupt the tale of his campaigns to ex- claim— “Poor Costaguana! Before, it was everything for the... ...sure rock on the plateau below. The heads of gangs, distinguished by brass medals hanging on their bare breasts, mar- 93 Joseph Conrad shalled their ... ...ed, with big round eyes, a sharp chin, and a great snuff-taker, was an old campaigner, too; he had shriven many simple souls on the battlefields of th...

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...ttle suggestion, in the untended aspect of walk and lawns, of the vigilant British gardener. The manor of Azay, as seen to-day, dates from the early p... ...nder the mirror behind the comptoir, was a much more civilized spot than a British public-house, or a “commercial room,” with pipes and whiskey, or ev... ...d formerly been seven 111 Henry James years in the army, and had made the campaign of Mexico with Bazaine. Born in the old Cite, he had come back the... ...s of Montpellier. Long before Mentone was discovered or Colorado invented, British invalids travelled down through France in the post-chaise or the pu... ...that you have already seen it many times. Photographs, engravings, models, medals, have placed it definitely in your eye, so that from the sentiment w...

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...e danger into which he was heedlessly running, saved the rem- nants of the British army, on this occasion, by his decision and courage. The reputation... ...ng of a summer sun. The 10 The Last of the Mohicans loyal servants of the British crown had given to one of these forest-fastnesses the name of Willi... ...th the whites to conciliate the important men of the Indians by presenting medals, which are worn in the place of their own rude ornaments. Those give... ...or- tage with his savages, every yell and whoop from whom rang through the British encampment, chilling the hearts of men who were already but too muc... ...n of various deeds in arms, done in former ages. His bosom was loaded with medals, some in massive silver, and one or two even in gold, the gifts of v... ...n the battles between the whites and the Indians. Wayne, in his celebrated campaign on the Miami, received the fire of his enemies in line; and then c... ...nish. Rich plumes nodded above his head; wam- pum, gorgets, bracelets, and medals, adorned his person in pro- fusion; though his dull eye and vacant l...

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...Estimable Sorbier,—I remember with no little pleasure that I made my first campaign in our honor- able profession under your father, and that you had ... ...eshing coolness to the atmosphere of any room in which a certain number of British females are gathered together. The young men grew serious as a coup... ...convict who spent the night in robbing the Bibliotheque Royale of its gold medals, and re- paired to his honest brother in the morning with a request ... ... colors, and always appeared at balls adorned with the turban, dear to the British female, and lovingly cultivated in out-of-the-way districts in Fran...

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...ding audibly; and once I remember—one midday in the vanished past—when the British Association was at Dover, coming on Section C or D, or some such le... ...und of the munching of buns and sandwiches and things that the as- sembled British Associates had come there to eat under cover of the magic-lantern d... ...c of the fifty appearances was certainly that of the wasp that visited the British Museum about mid- day, dropping out of the blue serene upon one of ... ...tudy at leisure on lamp chim- neys and children’s plates, on Anti-Boomfood medals and Anti-Boomfood flags, on the selvedges of Caterham silks and cott... ...VERS VERS VERS VERS I I I I I NOW IT CHANCED in the days when Caterham was campaign- ing against the Boom-children before the General Election that wa...

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...ish readers should grow skittish, I ‘ve bribed my grandmother’s review—the British. I sent it in a letter to the Editor, Who thank’d me duly b... ...of those. As for the ladies, I have nought to say, A wanderer from the British world of fashion, Where I, like other ‘dogs, have had my day,’ ... ...ecruits with wives.’ ‘May it please your excellency,’ thus replied Our British friend, ‘these are the wives of others, And not our own. I am t... ... deadlier engines and a speedier blow, Than in thy Greek gazette of that campaign; And yet, like all men else, I must allow, To vie with the... ...ung folks with a sort of dizziness. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto Seven” 182 Medals, rank, ribands, lace, embroidery, scarlet, Are things immortal... ...ld him in command; For seeing one with ribands, black and blue, Stars, medals, and a bloody sword in hand, Addressing him in tones which seem’... ...n; Others again were ready to maintain, ‘’T was only the fatigue of last campaign.’ But here is one prescription out of many: ‘Sodae sulphat...

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...-bottle, and when Gillian directed her attention to the case of clasps and medals and the photo- graph of the fine-looking officer, she could only sig... ...py, and it is so delightful that mamma is charmed with him. He has got two medals and three clasps. There are so many to write to, I can only give my ... ...ed from the cloak, which looked as if it had gone through all his father’s campaigns, took off his gaiters, did his best for his boots, and, though no... ...ive sightseeing, Aunt Jane and Gillian. They had not been ashamed of being British spinsters with guide-books in their hands; nor, on the other hand, ...

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...h believers in the supernatural, spilled seas of ink during this memorable campaign, some even draw- ing blood; for from the sea-serpent they came to ... ...d was making the most of it. So when the frigate had been armed for a long campaign, and provided with formidable fishing apparatus, no one could tell... ... find the scene of the wreck. And they had learned from a whaler that some medals and a cross of St. Louis had been found in the hands of some savages... ...an hour. But I saw noth- ing, not even the Island of Perim, with which the British Government has fortified the position of Aden. There were too many ... ...s Verne than 120 miles from Ireland. Was Captain Nemo going to land on the British Isles? No. To my great surprise he made for the south, once more co...

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...orth about thirty moidores, including some tobacco, and three or four fine medals of gold: but I was even with him in my present, which, as I have sai... ...ht with ease drive them all out of their country , and conquer them in one campaign; and had the Czar (who is now a growing prince) fallen this way, i... ... and above three thou- sand, if we left that sea, and went on west, to the British and French channels: we had full five thousand miles to the In- dia...

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... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this ... ...d, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a Commander Davies of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, as a vessel of war r... ... floating body of a dead whale — even as the French soldiers in the Russian campaign turned their dead horses into tents, and crawled into them. Beside... ...ver live to spend it. Now those noble golden coins of South America are as medals of the sun and tropic token pieces. Here palms, alpacas, and volcano... ...under their immediate auspices, and partly, I think, at their expense, the British government was induced to send the sloop of war Rattler on a whali...

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...ost haste to the Emperor; Fouche alone was bold enough to sketch a plan of campaign, which, in fact, he car- ried into execution. “Do as you please,” ... ... ask him for two sous? He would listen to you solemnly, and tell you, with British precision that would make a slap in the face seem genial, that he p... ...e de Savoie to Semblancay; a War Office clerk sold the plan of the Russian campaign to Czernitchef; and these traitors were more or less rich. The pro... ...this dar- ing crime, worthy to compare in importance with the rob- bery of medals from the Public Library; for the unhappy tendency of our age is to m...

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...eld by the royalists, and, in fact, ren- dered such services in this brief campaign that, after the taking of Trocadero, he was made colonel, and rece... ...eme delicacy, made his bow and went away, proceeding with a characteristic British stride towards the street mentioned. M. de Boville was in his priva... ...vice, monsieur. Made a peer at the Restoration, I served through the first campaign under the orders of Marshal Bourmont. I could, there- fore, expect... ...ubt, but improved upon by ours. What is the use of time, rewards of merit, medals, crosses, Monthyon prizes, if they do not lead society towards more ...

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................................................................ 33 The Young British Soldier .............................................................. ...u broke the square. ‘E ‘asn’t got no papers of ‘is own, ‘E ‘asn’t got no medals nor rewards, So we must certify the skill ‘e’s shown In usin’ of ‘... ...he spree, ‘E’s the on’y thing that doesn’t give a damn For a Regiment o’ British Infantree! So ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your ‘ome in the S... ...‘ayrick ‘ead of ‘air — You big black boundin’ beggar — for you broke a British square! 12 Barrack-Room Ballads Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier So... ... troopin’, winter’s round again! See the new draf’s pourin’ in for the old campaign; Ho, you poor recruities, but you’ve got to earn your pay — What’s... ...ings an’ help ‘em entrain, An’ we sweep up their mess through the bloomin’ campaign, In the style of, etc. They send us in front with a fuse an’ a mi...

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................................................................ 37 THE YOUNG BRITISH SOLDIER .............................................................. ...u broke the square. ‘E ‘asn’t got no papers of ‘is own, ‘E ‘asn’t got no medals nor rewards, So we must certify the skill ‘e’s shown In usin’ of ‘... ...he spree, ‘E’s the on’y thing that doesn’t give a damn For a Regiment o’ British Infantree! So ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your ‘ome in the S... ...‘ayrick ‘ead of ‘air — You big black boundin’ beggar — for you broke a British square! V erses 1889 to 1896 17 SOLDIER, SOLDIER SOLDIER, SOLDIER ... ... troopin’, winter’s round again! See the new draf’s pourin’ in for the old campaign; Ho, you poor recruities, but you’ve got to earn your pay — What’s... ...ings an’ help ‘em entrain, An’ we sweep up their mess through the bloomin’ campaign, In the style of, etc. They send us in front with a fuse an’ a mi...

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..................................................2 1 1 CHAPTER IX I MAKE THE CAMPAIGN OF 1704. ............................................................ ..................................... 235 CHAPTER XII I GET A COMP ANY IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1706. ............................................................ ......................................................... 250 CHAPTER XIV THE CAMPAIGN OF 1707, 1708. ...................................................... ...eep pretty generally), Esmond read many volumes of the works of the famous British Divines of the last age, and was familiar with W ake and Sherlock, ... ...c stories of wondrous cures ef- fected by the blessed king’s rosaries, the medals which he wore, the locks of his hair, or what not. Esmond remembered... ...mbling down the stairs when the fife and drum call you, and huzzah for the British Grenadiers—do you take account that these items go to make up the a... ... we of the new world submit much longer, even nominally, to this an- cient British superstition? There are signs of the times which make me think that...

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...between Rockhampton and London, who had risen to the rank of sarang on the British India boats, but wearying of routine musters and clean clothes, had... ...l right. He’s got something on his mind. You’d think that ten years in the British India boats would have knocked most of his religion out of him.” “S... ...nt me here to get rid o’ me. I guess they spend their time talkin’ over my campaigns.” “I wanter know!” “Yes, sir. Now, all you gentlemen have asked m... ...straight as a Bhil arrow, a little white-haired wizened ape of a man, with medals and orders on his tunic, stammering, saluting, and trembling. Behind... ...ed officer of the regiment, an “unmixed” Bhil, a Companion of the Order of British India, with thirty-five years’ spotless service in the army, and a ... ...they’ll only use local corps, and we can knock up some- thing we’ll call a campaign, and let them down easy. Fancy us potting our best beaters because... ...nce. Nothing would have pleased the old man better than a rough-and-tumble campaign against the Satpuras, whom he, as an “unmixed” Bhil, despised; but... ...he kept the photograph of his wife, were two or three Royal Humane Society medals for saving lives at sea. Professionally—it was different when crazy ... ...leika, at Aden, told him how motherly an interest she felt in his welfare, medals, brevet, and all, Georgie took her at the foot of the letter, and pr...

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...nee,” as we say in the army. Could any other living man have persuaded the British nation to accept uni- versal compulsory military service as he did ... ...l civil rights for the soldier— MITCHENER. Rot. BALSQUITH. —I said that no British officer would be ca- pable of abusing the authority with which it w... ...ner: you can save the country yet. Put on your full-dress uniform and your medals and orders and so forth. Get a guard of honor—something showy—horse ... ...son, they never will recognize, the plain fact that the inter- ests of the British Empire are paramount, and that the com- mand of the sea belongs by ... ...very important visit to pay: I shall want my full dress uniform and all my medals and orders and my presentation sword. There was a time when the Brit... ...avail you just as little. I sweep them away, just as I sweep your plans of campaign “made in Germany—” MITCHENER (flying into a transport of rage). Ho...

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...ch would spoil! ‘Sir, Spain has sent a thousand jars of oil; Huge bales of British cloth blockade the door; A hundred oxen at your leveë roar.’ Poor a... .... O MR ADDISON. O MR ADDISON. O MR ADDISON. OCCASIONED BY HIS DIALOGUES ON MEDALS. 54 See the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad ... ..., conscious of her claim, Stand emulous of Greek and Roman fame? In living medals see her wars enroll’d, And vanquish’d realms supply recording gold? ... ...EAT DIS- TRESS, A LITTLE BEFORE HIS DEATH. As when that hero, who, in each campaign, Had braved the Goth, and many a Vandal slain, Lay fortune-struck,... ...ds your breasts with ancient ardour rise, And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes. Virtue confess’d in human shape he draws, What Plato thought,... ... Be justly warm’d with your own native rage: Such plays alone should win a British ear, As Cato’s self had not disdain’d to hear. PR PR PR PR PROL OL ... ...h before Still bears them, faithful; and that thus I eat, Is to refund the medals with the meat. 390 To prove me, goddess! c... ...finish’d treaties in each office slept; And chiefless armies dozed out the campaign; And navies yawn’d for orders on the main. 450 O Muse! relate (for... ... once pleasing, once inspiring shade, 147 As when that hero, who, in each campaign, 111 Authors are judged by strange capricious rules; 115 B Behol...

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...they did not surround the camp either with stockade or ditch, nor did they campaign in the winter. All these things were permitted by their military r... ...ed to show a most lamen- table ignorance of the conditions under which the British Em- pire maintains its existence. When Mr Balfour replied to the al... ... illustrious house; and if in so many revolutions in Italy, and in so many campaigns, it has al- ways appeared as if military virtue were exhausted, t... ...mes, holding horse races, and foot races for men and women. He also struck medals in com- memoration of the defeat of the Florentines. He endeav- oure...

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...r, at the very moment of Shakspeare’s death, who were the lead- ers of the British youth, the principes juventutis, in the two fields, equally importa... ...e channel of legal documents, which are better evidence even than imperial medals; whilst, on the other hand, all the fabulous anecdotes, not having a... ... was considerable; and, as a patron of art, he stands foremost amongst all British sovereigns to this hour. He said truly of himself, and wisely as to... ...d- ness? In a few words I will say. At this time (October, 1848) the whole British island is appalled by a new chapter in the history of poisoning. Lo... ...resence was never want- ing where it promised to be useful. In the earlier campaigns of the duke, Goethe was his companion; but in the final contest w... ... to notice, except two 182 Biographical Essays journeys to Italy, and one campaign in 1792, until he draws near the close of his long career. It cann...

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... it was in Buckner’s own ship, the Prothee, 64, that the lad made his only campaign. It was in the days of Rodney’s war, when the Prothee, we read, ca... ...r threat of a blockade, proper apologies and a sum of money due to certain British merchants; and once during an insurrection in San Domingo, for the ... ... escape. The position was invidious; on one side were the tradition of the British flag and the state of public sentiment at home; on the other, the c... ...ng up engines for innumerable gun-boats and steam frigates for the ensuing campaign.’ From half-past eight in the morning till nine or ten at night, h... ...e evening; plenty of hard work by day; regular visits to meet- ings of the British Association, from one of which I find him characteristically writin... ...ooking set of fellows they are, too: the officers rather raffish, but with medals Crimean and Indian; the men 87 Robert Louis Stevenson a very sturdy...

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...e gave us a longer credit than she gave to France or Germany or Russia. To British centenar- ians who died in their beds in 1914, any dread of having ... ...galler- ies and museums and schools at once occupied by war work- ers. The British Museum itself was saved only by a hair’s breadth. The sincerity of ... ... and even German engineering, as malignant abominations stand- ing towards British and French chemistry and so forth in the relation of heaven to hell... ...for the average civilian. He could not conceive even a battle, much less a campaign. To the suburbs the war was nothing but a suburban squabble. To th... ... in at another, just to test his nerve. He has a whole drawerful of Albert Medals for saving people’s lives. ELLIE. He never told me that. MRS HUSHABY...

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...culating results and chances. He might in old bewildering climates, in old campaigns of cruelty and licence, have had such revelations and known such ... ...moment of its course?” “Oh it’s all right,” said Bob Assingham. “Go to the British Museum,” his companion continued with spirit. “And what am I to do ... ...hemselves, if preserved, have been prized curiosities. A few commemorative medals of neat outline but dull ref erence; a classic monument or two, thi... ...ey had come to the point, that could serve as ground for a great defensive campaign. The waters of talk spread a little, and Maggie presently contribu... ...ttle old man, of apparently the highest military character, bristling with medals and orders. This gave Charlotte time to go on. “He has not been for ... ...ore money than he has ever seen. I’ve been, my dear,” she went on, “to the British Museum—which you know I always adore. And I’ve been to the National... ...its feet, and a trumpet in its ears, and a bottomless bag of solid shining British sovereigns—which was much to the point—in its hand. Courage and goo... ...ly and gaily she had come to ask—to ask what, in their unusually prolonged campaign, the two had achieved. She had got out of her husband, she admitte...

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...had taken a great fancy. “I shall learn the habits of the genuine species, British farmer,” said he, as his mother kissed him, and declared him the be... ...uch a fair field as he seldom enjoyed for Uncle James’s Indian and Crimean campaigns, and for the comparative merits of the regiments his nephew had b... ...r creature of a civilian, instead of getting—as I know you would— -lots of medals and Victoria Crosses, and knighthood—real knighthood! Oh, Jock, thin... ...id not like to think that she was reading a report of Sir Philip Cameron’s campaign, in which the aide-de-camp hap- pened to receive honourable mentio... ... pers or to bestow his time somewhere—in the picture galler- ies or in the British Museum, where he had a reading order; but it was always uncertain w... ...it was shy, it clung beautifully.” “Then the helmet.” “That was out of the British Museum.” “Has Grinstead seen it?” “No, I kept it for my own public ...

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...Pyncheon had bought in Venice, and which he used as the treasure-place for medals, ancient coins, and whatever small and valuable curiosities he had p... ... him to solicit, or enable him to purchase, that elevated dignity from the British monarch. Lord Pyncheon!—or the Earl of Waldo!—how could such a magn... ...s, in addition to his previous disbursements, towards carrying on the fall campaign. The Judge is a patriot; the fate of the country is staked on the ...

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...d earnestness, of which there is no other living instance; of which, among British poets espe- cially, Wordsworth alone offers any resemblance. And th... ...tones of a wild and quite artless melody, could pierce so deep into many a British heart, now that the whole matter is no longer new,—is indeed old an... ...h long held their place. In August, 1792, he ac- companied the duke to the campaign in the Ardennes. In 1793 he went with his master to the siege of M... ... probably gazing very eagerly upon the little bag out of which he drew the medals: he nodded to me, descended a step, and handed me one of the silver ... ...en thus early foreshadow those world-conquerors and world-rulers, and in a campaign, prodigious for those times, give us a prelude of future achieveme...

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...with care, and taken from the most authentic sources; from statues, busts, medals, even stained glass, for the per- sons of most distinction, from ear... ... the jobbernolls had already a pretty good beginning in their dance of the British jig called the estrindore, to a perfect diapason, with one foot in ... ... One cadet, to the field as he flutters, Is worth two, when they end the campaign. That which prompteth me to that opinion is, that the vine- plante...