...BEAUCHAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s C... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...ay in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flash- ing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upo... ...ading name to lead them against us, as the origin of his title had led the army of Gaul of old gloriously, scared sweet 4 Beauchamp’s Career sleep. W... ...wered them boldly, with the appalling statement that we had no navy and no army. At the most we could muster a few old ships, a couple of experimental... ...s in epi- thets and phrases of courtesy toward a formal people, and as the officers of the French Guard were gentlemen of birth, he 10 Beauchamp’s Ca... ...eye glance at him through the war. ‘Now,’ said Everard, ‘we shall see what staff there is in that fellow Nevil.’ He expected, as you may imagine, a tr... ...red. He would have deemed it as vain a subject to dis- course of India, or Continental affairs, at a period when his house was full for the opening da... ...ply to be regretted that Englishmen abroad— women the same, I fear—get the Continental tone in mor- als. But how Captain Beauchamp could expect to car...

... young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....