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...ormations and gets alone a decision. Here it is the paradoxism. Similary for military 6 applications: tracking and missile targeting. Or process... ... GRACE CRANE BRACE CABLE CHART HEART HEARD DREAM AMBER TRIPS TRAPS BRATS BEATS BEAMS STRIP PRINT POINT TOPIC OPTIC | | ...

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... Instead, humans have trained their brains just like they have trained their brats… by spoiling them with indulgences when they need discipline, an... ...died a horrible, humiliating death. That was the level to which the mightiest military culture was brought to: because of their insane, inhuman prac... ...led cultures the nomads conquered. For thousands of years: the most powerful military weapon had been the horse-archer. Up until the 14 th Centur... ...ern Empire to ever exist… and then… out last, take over that Empire. Not as a military power, but as a spiritual power. And spread its religious do... ...es and control their Oil production. And nobody notices that he is calling a military invasion and an armed occupation: spreading democracy. Ric... ...n high-tech armies and nuclear reactors and missiles… what will happen to the military power of the rich countries? If the poor countries ever get a... ...tifying their children’s slightest wishes, and raising them to become spoiled brats; stupid and slow, with dulled senses, and deadened minds… easy ta... ...ta sells greed to children. Greedy children become selfish, ungiving spoiled brats. They yell and squall, and have tantrums. Children who are no...

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...try. When 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....

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...r a holiday 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... ...ry, drawing their strategy from maga- 23 George Meredith zine articles by military pens, reverberations of the extinct voices of the daily and weekly... ...rly poised again; the Muscovite was battered; fresh guilt was added to the military glory of the Gaul. English grum- blers might well be asked what th... ...was not visible till near midnight on the Piazza. The promenaders, chiefly military of the garrison, were few at that period of social protestation, a... ...me, so that they should not miss the scene. Roland lay in the folds of his military greatcoat, too com- pletely happy to be disturbed, Nevil Beauchamp... ...that rascally doctor and a bobtail of tea-drinking men and women and their brats to Northeden Heath—my ground. There they stand and sing.’ ‘Hymns?’inq... ...n, and was kicked out of employment, and fell upon the gin-bottle, and the brats of the den died starv- ing, and the man sickened of a fever; and Nevi...

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...th the same Battalion, ultimately commanding a Company. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry while tak- ing part in some heavy fighting on ... ...th arms have mutinied against me — brutes. My fingers fidget like ten idle brats. I tried to peg out soldierly — no use! One dies of war like any old ... ...My arms have mutinied against me — brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My back’s been stiff for hours, damned hours. Death never gives his ...

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...rtificate of death was probably made out in ac- cordance with the rules of military jurisprudence.” As he heard his visitor express himself with compl... ...bt destroyed his powers of belief. Though he was eager in pur- suit of his military distinction, of his fortune, of himself, perhaps it was in obedien... ...to the dairy, and stood on the threshold of his doorway with indescribable military coolness. He had in his mouth a very finely-colored pipe—a technic... ... of water in the desert; and besides, I have not yet finished teaching his brats to read.” “He might have lodged you better for your money,” said Derv... ...otionless, his eyes fixed, but seeing nothing, sunk in bottomless despair. Military justice is ready and swift; it decides with T urk-like finality, a...

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...October 18, 1852. 4 Henry Esmond – Book Two BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND’S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MA TTERS APPERT AINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY CHAPTE... ...t bleed,—a restless wish to see men and the world,—led him to think of the military profession: at any rate, to desire to see a few campaigns, and acc... ...xcited the young man. The many accidents, and the routine of shipboard—the military duty—the new acquaintances, both of his comrades in arms, and of t... ...all imitate this laud- able reserve, and doth not intend to dwell upon his military exploits, which were in truth not very different from those of a t... ...ny, and concluding, as it were, with an Amen. And now, having seen a great military march through a friendly country; the pomps and festivities of mor... ...nch of the Esmonds, and could not be expected to provide for the bas- tard brats of the family. “Bastards!” says the Viscountess, in a fury. “There ar...

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...hat all points to his being indeed young Belamour,” said her father; “age, military appearance, and all—I wonder what this portends!” “What a disaster... ...later our father received at Belgrade that terrible wound which closed his military ca- reer. Meantime, Urania had married Sir Jovian Belamour, and Lo... ...quite recovered his ordinary health, that he mounted his stout pony in his military undress, his cocked hat perched on his well-powdered bob-wig, with... ...y undeveloped, yet with the grace of personal symmetry, high breeding, and military train- ing, upright without stiffness, with a command and dexter- ... ... only my Lady’s poor kinswoman sent down to act gouvernante to the Wayland brats, who had been impertinently quartered in the Belamour household. She ... ...hat for nurse, so please you, my good girl. It is enough for me to see the brats on their good manners now and then. You have had other recreations—sh... ...owledged the lady with a circular sweep of his hat, and his Colonel with a military salute, all rapidly, but with perfect ease and gracefulness. “ Ah!... ...ded than ever, and refused to make the slightest exertion for “the Wayland brats at that time of night” without warning. They had enough for sup- per,...

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...r, who stood, meekly waiting, a few yards off. “If it were not for those two brats,” I heard him mutter, glancing savagely at Sylvie and Bruno, who we... ...“Don’t you be a great blethering goose! Our only chance is to keep those two brats out of sight. If you can manage that, you may leave the rest to me.... ...y were under my com mand.” He turned, and was duly presented to my Lady. “A military hero?” said my Lady. The fat little man sim pered. “Well, yes,”... ...e replied, modestly casting down his eyes. “My ancestors were all famous for military genius.” My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,”... ...te. You might have seen, with half an eye,” he added, “that that’s his line. Military genius, indeed! Pooh!” “Dinner ready yet?” the Baron enquired, a... ...numbered us: but I marched my men right into the middle of—what’s that?” the Military Hero exclaimed in agitated tones, drawing back behind the Vice W... ... rolled into one’—” Lady Muriel said to her compan ion. “It will be a grand military exploit!” “A sort of Forlorn Hope?” the Captain modestly suggest...

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...on, and the way he held his head, all revealed the habits acquired through military dis- cipline, of which a soldier can never quite divest himself, e... ...personal history lay buried beneath the deepest reserve. Like almost every military man in Europe, he had only seen the world through cannon smoke, or... ... would not decline to join a pleasure party; he in no way offended against military standards; but when questioned as to his affairs of the heart, he ... ...e laws of politeness, to which he conformed as rigidly as if they had been military regula- tions; though he had real mental power, both natural and a... ...rass on her head, suddenly appeared, followed at a distance by four little brats, clad in rags, it is true, but vigorous, sunburned, picturesque, bold... ...eir ac- customed playmate, having come as far as the threshold, the little brats made such an energetic attack upon him, that he was forced to beat a ... ...y account of the wars of Mahomet, so that I can form no opinions as to his military talents; but if you had only watched the Emperor’s tactics during ...

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... indeed, I had forgotten to say, that that majestic square was filled with military, with exceedingly small firelocks, the men ludicrously young and d... ...d whose clothes, though of a common cotton stuff, were cut and worn with a military neatness and precision. All the children whom we remarked were dre... ...ink, to blow 29 Thackeray away the whole peninsula. The horticultural and military mix- ture is indeed very queer:here and there temples, rustic sum-... ...tion; to the right, St. Elmo, with flag and lighthouse; and opposite, the Military Hospital, look- ing like a palace; and all round, the houses of th... ...wded with people watching for the august arrival, and lined with the squat military in their bastard European costume; the sturdy police, with bandeli... ..., And howling consternation. And the splashing water drenches Their dirty brats and wenches; And they crawl from bales and benches, In a hundred thou...

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... in the tone of a command. At each name you would see a family gather up its brats and bundles and run for the hindmost of the three cars that stood a... ...is grotesque companions) some tincture of soldierly reso- lution and even of military common sense, and that he fig- ured memorably in the scene on Ma... ... mortally stricken on his face; but still active afoot, still with the brisk military carriage, the ready military salute. Three ways led through this... ... we had never been long together on the way before he was dealing, in a very military manner, with the English poets. “Shelley was a fine poet, sir, t...

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...ise she understood in a moment, having evidently much more ex- perience of military matters than he had, and when he fur- ther told her that Hodge was... ... in broad hats and cloaks were just coming out, and Stead ad- mired Jeph’s military salute to them ere he entered the farm- house kitchen, where two m... ...d conversed in low, deep voices, chiefly, as far as Stead could gather, on military matters, but they seemed to appre- ciate good beef and ale quite a... ...e. On the whole it was a relief that Jeph was too much occu- pied with his military duties to make visits to his home. It might not have been over eas... ...with a little party round him, to whom he was expounding what sounded more military than religious: “ And so, the fort having been summoned and quarte... ...ring he wouldn’t have his Patty go to be only a step-mother to troublesome brats; but Stead, when he came to know of it, looked grave, and said it was...

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...y believe they will be favorably impressed by the aspect of a busby and of military accoutrements. The countenance of this Captain of the Second Compa... ...rvice by a wound received in 1797, and made a small private venture in the military transport service, an opening he owed to the favor of Hulot d’Ervy... .... This veteran, after having served from 1830 to 1834 as Commandant of the military division, including the departments of Brittany, the scene of his ... ...Cousin Betty attached to the Emperor —were easily distinguishable by their military deportment, their blue coats with gilt buttons, buttoned to the ch... ...ks, without any education, his courage had been the sole mainspring of his military promotion, and sound sense had taken the place of brilliancy. Of t... ... they go.—I, whom you think such a flirt, I prefer a man of fifty to these brats. A man who will stick by me, who is devoted, who knows a woman is not... ...home. I have a hundred negroes—nothing but negroes and negresses and negro brats, all bought by my uncle—” “Nephew to a nigger-driver,” said Carabine,...

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...and play, and turn heels over head, showing themselves jolly and vivacious brats, and evidently as well fed as needs be. The truth is, the Italian pea... ...arnest,—to render it expedient to guard the Corso with an imposing show of military power. Besides the ordinary force of gendarmes, a strong patrol of... .... Next came a body of cavalry and mounted gendarmes, with great display of military pomp. They were escorting a long train of equipages, each and all ...

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...EFACE EIGHT-AND-TWENTY of these tales appeared originally in the Civil and Military Gazette. I am indebted to the kindness of the Proprietors of that ... .... He got the medicine, and an English Doctor. “They have no stamina, these brats,” said the Doctor, as he left Imam Din’s quarters. A week later, thou...

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...t as courteously received by the mayor, M. Finsen, whose appearance was as military, and disposi- tion and office as pacific, as the Governor’s. As fo... ...with kindness; and in a very short time we each had three or four of these brats on our shoulders, as many on our laps, and the rest between our knees...

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...n’t listen to me,’ I replied, stepping back. ‘Come in with you, you filthy brats; or I’ll horsewhip you every one!’ roared he; and the children instan... ...their visitors, Captain Somebody and Lieutenant Somebody-else (a couple of military fops), and the Misses Murray, who, of course, contrived to join th...

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...horough fare and suckled her family. Presently there was a distant blare of military music; it came nearer, still nearer, and soon a noble cavalcade ... ...orse cloths and gilded spearheads; and through the muck and swine, and naked brats, and joyous dogs, and shabby huts, it took its gallant way, and in ... ...ng occurred to frighten me. One of my deepest secrets was my West Point — my military academy. I kept that most jealously out of sight; and I did the ... ... and searching examination; and privately I meant to put together a list of military qualifications that nobody could answer to but my West Pointers.... ... an enemy with and make him wish he hadn’t come — and when the boy made his military sa lute and stood aside at last, I was proud enough to hug him,... ...inds this candidate perfect in all the re quirements and qualifications for military command, and doth hold his case open for decision after due exam...

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...nough to be heard by me in Catman’s boat, ‘Do you think French useful in a military education, sir?’ And Boddy said, ‘Yes, of course it is.’ Says Heri... ... to-night, Richie,’ said he. ‘We’re certain to meet again. I shall go to a military school. Mind you enter a cavalry regiment when you’re man enough. ... ... cause, I granted) at the success of a work of Art that struck us as a new military triumph of these Germans, and it was impossible not to ad- mire it... ...med acquaintances and entertained them; they were chiefly half-pay English military officers, dashing men. One, a Major Dykes, my father established i... ...it; we strolled through the lilac aisles among bonnes and babies, attended military spectacles, rode on omnibuses, dined on the country heights, went ... ...m abused. Besides, one can’t be always caressing and cajoling one’s pretty brats.’ ‘He is an intensely loving father.’ ‘V ery well; establish that, an...

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... rose and set upon. Here, too, on certain afternoons of the week, a French military band flings out rich music over the poor old city, floating her wi... ... still tried to distinguish it between the bursts of nearer music from the military band. But there was no renewal of that distant mirth. Soon after- ... ...and play, and turn heels over head, showing themselves jolly and vivacious brats, and evidently as well fed as needs be. The truth is, the Italian pea... ...arnest,—to render it expedient to guard the Corso with an imposing show of military power. Besides the ordinary force of gendarmes, a strong patrol of... .... Next came a body of cavalry and mounted gendarmes, with great display of military pomp. They were escorting a long train of equipages, each and all ...

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...yet, Joubert, Hoche, Marceau, Lannes, Desaix, Moreau, With many of the military set, Exceedingly remarkable at times, But not at all adapted... ...clock scarce past— And, running out as fast as I was able, I found the military commandant Stretch’d in the street, and able scarce to pant. ... ...ives of others, And not our own. I am too qualified By service with my military brothers To break the rules by bringing one’s own bride In... ... Tartar. He died, deserving well his country’s tears, A savage sort of military martyr. An English naval officer, who wish’d To make him pri... ...against all procreation, Unless a man can calculate his means Of feeding brats the moment his wife weans. That ‘s noble! That ‘s romantic! For m...

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...e all illusory. He did not answer. “Anything you wanted?” repeated Robert, military, rather peremptory. Jim suddenly doubled himself up and burst into... ...ildren. I should be sorry, too, it would be so bad for the children. Young brats, 99 D. H. Lawrence tiresome and amusing in turns.” “When they don’t ... ...ad blue eyes, his hair was cut very short, his head looked hard and rather military: he would have been taken for an Austrian officer, or even a Germa... ...olin with its tremolo, or of orchestra, or of a string quartette—or even a military band—I can’t think of it without a shudder. I can only bear drum-a... ...nd fooling about with it. Permanent and very efficacious power.” “You mean military power?” “I do, of course.” Here Levison smiled a long, slow, subtl...

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...se. The latter had from youth been the only employment of Edward’s father. Military rank under the crown of Great Britain was attained with much longe... ... this habitation as the sleigh was passing, The former moved with a stiff, military step, that was a good deal heightened by a limp in one leg; but th... ... I am rich to night, ten times richer than ‘Duke, with all his lands, amid military lots, 149 James Fenimore Cooper and funded debts, and bonds, and ... ...sault of more than ordinarily fatal character. Among the relics of the old military excursions, that occa- sionally are discovered throughout the diff... ...izzing through the air, for I know it’s only a motion to bring out all the brats of the vil- lage. Well, the Lord won’t see the waste of his creatures... ...than common, and that one of their number was attired in an old- fashioned military coat, with skirts that reached no lower than the middle of his thi...

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...r. MADEMOISELLE DE MONTALAIS was right; the young cavalier was goodly to look upon. He was a young man of from twenty-four to twenty-five years of age... ...e of the king, though a little in the rear, the Prince de Conde, M. Dangeau, and twenty other courtiers, followed by their people and their baggage, c... ...asure of which he was leaning, he saw, standing out strongly, a figure with a brown and lofty countenance, an aquiline nose, a stern but brilliant eye... ...he King and the Lieutenant AS SOON AS THE KING saw the officer enter, he dismissed his valet de chambre and his gentleman. “Who is on duty to- morrow,... ...at last. “Humph!” continued the lieutenant; “there was only wanting that. Blamed for having been less of a fool than another might have been.” And he ... ...e whole school cried out, “The devil take me!” with fearful bursts of laughter, shouts, and bounds, which delighted the musketeer, and bewildered the ...

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... boy was like her and her girl like Ridley. As for brains, they were quick brats, she thought, and modestly she ventured on a little story about her s... ... of youth in a railway station in Bombay, he had seen only coloured women, military women, offi- cial women; and his ideal was a woman who could read ... ...xpedition 1884-85 (honourably mentioned). Clubs: United Service, Naval and Military. Recreations: an en- thusiastic curler.’” Sitting on the deck at H... ...s wheeled past. Susan followed. Mr. Venning strolled after her. Portuguese military families, their clothes suggesting late rising in untidy bedrooms,...

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... calculated to produce an effect. His majesty was arrayed in a magnificent military uni- form, stiff with gold lace and embroidery, while his shaven c... ...e of ground in the vicinity, and there for hours went through all sorts of military evolutions, surrounded by flocks of the natives, who looked on wit... ...nds, no melancholy young men, no blubbering young- sters, and no squalling brats. All was mirth, fun and high good humour. Blue devils, hypochondria, ... ...whom I had only looked at as the hospitable host of the Ti, and one of the military leaders of the tribe, now assumed in my eyes the dignity of royal ...

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...rd primeval, artfully displayed in the window for the delecta- tion of the military man and his fellow country-woman the nursemaid, honest Flicoteaux ... ...d the veteran, reappearing on the scene. The fair milliner and the retired military man were soon deep in converse; and when Lucien, beginning to lose... ...an if your back is strong enough, enlist if you happen to have a taste for military music. You have the stuff of three poets in you; but before you ca... ...d. What is to become of a man with such a wife and that pair of abominable brats? Have you seen Rigaudin in Picard’s La Maison en Loterie? You have? W...

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... is the same with the American whale fishery as with the American army and military and merchant navies, and the engineering forces employed in the co... ...per parading his quarter-deck with an elated grandeur not surpassed in any military navy; nay, extorting almost as much outward homage as if he wore t... ...hese wild fishermen do not, as a general thing, and according to the great military maxim, make the enemy defray the current expenses of the war (at l... ...see what response would be made. Here be it said, that like the vessels of military marines, the ships of the American Whale Fleet have each a private... ...ouncing him the most devout of all beings. For according to King Juba, the military elephants of antiquity of- ten hailed the morning with their trunk... ...—I don’t like it at all; it’s undignified; it’s not my place. Let tinkers’ brats do tinkerings; we are their betters. I like to take in hand none but ...

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...e fishery 124 Chapter 27 Knights and Squires as with the American army and military and merchant navies, and the engineer ing forces employed in the ... ...per parading his quarter deck with an elated grandeur not surpassed in any military navy; nay, extorting almost as much outward homage as if he wore t... ...these wild fishermen do not, as a general thing, and according to the great military maxim, make the enemy defray the current expenses of the war (at l... ...see what response would be made. Here be it said, that like the vessels of military marines, the ships of the Amer ican Whale Fleet have each a priva... ...ouncing him the most devout of all beings. For according to King Juba, the military elephants of antiquity of ten hailed the morning with their trunk... ...— I don’t like it at all; it’s undignified; it’s not my place. Let tinkers’ brats do tinkerings; we are their betters. I like to take in hand none but ...

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...ndow in well affected ecstasies of joy. ‘(Susan, take Oliver and them two brats upstairs, and wash ‘em directly.)—My heart alive! Mr. Bumble, how gla... ...e, and it’s all of no use.’ ‘He should have tried mustachios and a pair of military trousers, my dear,’ said the Jew. ‘So he did,’ rejoined Sikes, ‘an...

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...these mouthy young- sters that hang around the pool-room need is universal military training. Make men of ‘em.” Mrs. Dyer removed the new schoolbuildi... ...miserable sinner except for thy grace. ’ “I’d make every last one of these brats go to Sunday School and learn to think about nice things ‘stead of ab... ...want to be un- just to him. I believe he took his physical examination for military service. Got varicose veins—not bad, but enough to disqualify him....

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...arlotte Brontë of the Lynns, the languid elegance of Lord Ingram,—even the military distinction of Colonel Dent, contrasted with his look of native pi... .... “Adele may accompany us, may she not, sir?” “I told her no. I’ll have no brats!—I’ll have only you.” “Do let her go, Mr. Rochester, if you please: i...

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... that time Flavie had had a second son, whom she henceforth dedicated to a military career. In 1820 she considered banking the nursing mother of trade... ... to his assemblage, “and you howl upon me! You know I’ll never trouble the brats; in fact, Cadenet has already taken them bread and *A book on which t...

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...proceeding even to such a stretch of solicitude as to say he supposed ‘the brats were all right, as he had heard nothing of them.’ His greeting to Ann... ... Theodora left her chiefly to her com- panion, Mrs. Garth, a hard-looking, military dame, who seemed so well able to take care of herself, that there ...

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...e hands with Philip. He was dressed in a long frock coat. He looked like a military man; his moustache was waxed, his gray hair was short and neat, he... ...e called you Maria of the Soapsuds. You’re always torturing these wretched brats with soap.” “You go first, Mr. Carey, or I shall never get him to sit...

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...E AFTER HIM TO LONDON. ............................................................................................ 139 BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND?S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS APPERTAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY.....................................................................................153 CHAPTER I I AM IN PRISON, AND VISITED, BUT NOT CONSOLED THERE. ..........

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........................................... 139 BOOK II CONTAINS MR. ESMOND’S MILITARY LIFE, AND OTHER MATTERS APPER- TAINING TO THE ESMOND FAMILY.......... ...ently, was made Knight and Baronet by King James the First; and being of a military disposition, remained long in Germany with the Elec- tor-Palatine,... ...actised this exercise, in which the lad became a very great proficient), a military coat and cloak, and a farmer’s smock, and placed them in the large... ...nger openly as chaplain; he was always fetching and carry- ing: strangers, military and ecclesiastic (Harry knew the latter, though they came in all s... ...ord going to the “Trumpet,” in the Cockpit, Whitehall, a house used by the military in his time as a young man, and accustomed by his lordship ever si... ...nch of the Esmonds, and could not be expected to provide for the bas- tard brats of the family. “Bastards!” says the Viscountess, in a fury. “There ar...

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...ther and had cures for aches and pains without a doctor?s diploma. But we know now that he was only a mathematician and astronomer, all for inventing military engines. The brother and sister were great friends in their youth, when he had his right arm to defend her reputation with; and she would have done anything on earth to please him....

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...now now that he was only a mathematician and astronomer, all for inventing military engines. The brother and sister were great friends in their youth,... ...associated in the inventions. They had an improved rocket that would force military chiefs to change their tac- tics: they had a new powder, a rifle, ... ... good for us to be much alone, and I am alone when you are absent. ‘I hear military music! ‘How grand that music makes the dullest world appear in a m... ...mand of the Mediterranean squadron. Y ou know, the admiral believes he has military—I mean soldierly- genius; and the delusion may have given him whol... ...kenham! no mistake about her; driving out from a pothouse; man beside her, military man; might be a German. And, if you please, quite unacquainted wit... ...d. Small pocket-pistol hardly big enough to—but anything serves. Couple of brats came run- ning up to Chummy Potts:—”Gentleman’s body bloody in a ditc...

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...nds, and shouted forth I know not What Unto the boughs; like greedy and fond brats, That beg, and answer none obtain from him, Of whom they beg; but m... ...ance, since the time of Charlemagne, by whom Charles was surpassed either in military renown, and prowess, or in the loftiness of his understanding.” ...

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...r the river Arbia. Macchiavelli calls him “a man of exalted soul, and great military talents.” Hist. of Flor. b. ii. v. 52. A shade.] The spirit of... ...xistence no longer supportable; and, having been sent by his countrymen on a military expedition, to assist the Florentine against the Aretini, took t... ...o and Ruggieri, the latter of whom was father of Guidoguerra, a man of great military skill and prowess who, at the head of four hundred Florentines o... ...aio Aldobrandi was of the noble family of Adimari, and much esteemed for his military talents. He endeavored to dissuade the Florentines from the atta... ...nds, and shouted forth I know not What Unto the boughs; like greedy and fond brats, That beg, and answer none obtain from him, Of whom they beg; but m... ...ance, since the time of Charlemagne, by whom Charles was surpassed either in military renown, and prowess, or in the loftiness of his understanding.” ...

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...said Miss Lindsay. “The idea of our having to record in the same book with brats like that!” “Here is a touching revelation. ‘4th October. Helen Plant... ...Jansenius’s emigration fund readily enough, would call for the police, the military, and the Riot Act, if the people came to Brandon Beeches and bade ...

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...ays garnished with rings and dressed in loud colours, he had the dash of a military man with the easy go of a com- mercial traveller. Once married, he... ...who, heartily despising all these folk, had come simply in a frock-coat of military cut with one row of buttons—he was passing compliments of the bar ... ...is good-nature, for he often took the little Homais into the garden—little brats who were always dirty, very much spoilt, and somewhat lym- phatic, li... .... He cited various anecdotes about thieves who had suddenly become honest. Military men on approaching the tribunal of penitence had felt the scales f...

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... lay. At that period, when threats of invasion had formerly stirred up the military fire of us Islanders, the great Mel, as if to show the great Napol... ...y assailant was never discovered; but Mel was both gallant and had, in his military career, the reputation of being a martinet. Hence, divers causes w... ...from a small round table on one side of the bed; a calque of the barbarous military-Georgian form, with a huge knob of horse-hair projecting over the ... ...ce, and fix him there, eh? If he works well—we’re both getting old, and my brats are chicks—we might, by-and-by, give him a share.’ ‘Make a brewer of ... ... affords of our General’s skill in mining, and addiction to that branch of military science. For the moment I must beg that a little indulgence be gra... ...th Laxley, and disarmed him; for Mel his father had seen him trained for a military career. Rose made a noise about the encounter, and Laxley was eage...

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...ch was an old foolish parson, who, she said, laughing, kept a wife and six brats on a salary of about twenty pounds a year; adding, that there was not... ...he must fall to my lot, advanced presently to her, made love to her in our military way, and quickly succeeded to my wishes. We struck a bargain withi...