...es on Life and Letters battlefield among its own dead, in the manner of an army having won a barren victory. It will not know when it is beaten. And p... ...tradesmen? I suppose that there are some very perfect people who allow the Army and Navy Stores to censor their diet. So much merit, however, I imagin... ...in a street, unless, perhaps, he were an enthusiastic officer of a general staff or a popular politician, with a career yet to make. And hardly even t... ...ess of moral and physical misery. Great numbers of soldiers and regimental officers go mad as if by way of protest against the peculiar sanity of a st... ...eness of their character stands them in good stead. But the Japanese grand army has yet another advantage in this nerve-destroying contest, which for ... ...ortionate thoughts to the matter in hand, which was the simplest sort of a Continental holiday. And I am certain that my com- panions, near as they ar... ...anted to go to sea as premium apprentices with a view of being trained for officers. But he gathered that this was not my object. I did not desire to ... ... men who, down there, are sticking to the posts of duty as the engine-room staffs of the Merchant Service have never failed to do. I know very well th... ... affectionate ship-name clung to him even in that Sailors’ Home, where the staff under- stood and liked the sailors (those men without a home) and did...

...larger being, as a soldier marches, a mere unit in the larger being of his army, and serving his army, joyfully into battle. However, it is not to Sch... ...art, the galaxy of the episcopate, the crowning intellectuali- ties of the army, came to these rites, clad in robes and rai- ment that no sane person ... ...of the earnest preoccupation of our judges, bishops, and leaders and great officers of all sorts with re- moter and nobler aims. The kingdom happens t... ...formances in it, they seem to regard it as the culminating flower of their continental Republic—as though the Old World had never heard of shoddy. But... ...y within the reach of every workman, make promotion from the ranks, in the Army, in the Navy, in all business concerns, practicable and natural, and t... ...semination; will always be seeking to replace efficiency by orthodoxy upon staff and management; and, with an unconquerable, uncompromising persistenc... ...ch inefficiency as one finds it in contemporary British activity lies. The officers of the British Army instead of being sedulously picked from the wh... ...d; quasi-public organizations might nominate a certain proportion of their staffs, and organized trade-unions with any claim to skill, a certain propo... ...k of the Col- lege, which will be the especial concern of the Professorial staff, which will “count” in examinations, and I conceive it as occupying t...

...iter had quitted that establishment on a question of tea-ing his assistant staff out of his own pocket, which screw carried the taunt to its bitterest... ...d into his hands. There is no other way in which a business untinged with Continental Vice can be conducted. (It were bootless to add, that if langu... ...nd-hand dealer not far from St. Clement’s Danes, in the Strand,—him as the officers in the Army mostly dispose of their uniforms to, when hard pressed... ...ot far from St. Clement’s Danes, in the Strand,—him as the officers in the Army mostly dispose of their uniforms to, when hard pressed with debts of h... ...enly leaped out of bed. On market-days, some friendly enchanter struck his staff upon the stones of the Great Place, and instantly arose the liveliest... ... the splendid equipage and brazen blast. And now the enchanter struck his staff upon the stones of the Great Place once more, and down went the booth... ... gaiters. The very image and presentment of a Cor- poral of his country’s army, in the line of his shoulders, the line of his waist, the broadest lin... ...rth about him, and if he had been the most obstinate Corporal in the Grand Army of France, instead of being the most obliging, he could not have plant...

...son and Oliver. On his arrival in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissio... ...d with arms, formed themselves into companies and regiments, chose their own officers, and met every week to be instructed in the manual exercise, and... ...ompanies, painted with dif ferent devices and mottos, which I supplied. The officers of the companies composing the Philadelphia regiment, being met,... ...f America as his comptroller in regulating several offices, and bringing the officers to account, I was, upon his death in 1753, appointed, jointly wi... ...and the remainder to be paid by General Braddock, or by the paymaster of the army, at the time of their discharge, or from time to time, as it shall b... ...s sary for the subsistence of the horses, is to be taken for the use of the army, and a reasonable price paid for the same. “Note.—My son, William Fr... ...r and gold of the king’s money. “The service will be light and easy, for the army will scarce march above twelve miles per day, and the waggons and ba... ... us, the captain ordered all hands to come aft, and stand as near the ensign staff as possible. We were, passengers included, about forty persons. Whi... ...hosen a delegate to the Sec The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 160 ond Continental Congress; placed on the committee of se cret correspondence;...

...ar as I could see, there was no analogy between the two cases. In India an army had mutinied, and that an army com- posed of a subdued, if not a servi... ... any sympathy shown by us to insurgent negroes. But, nevertheless, had the army which mutinied in India been in possession of ports and sea-board; had... ..., one after another, com- plaining of the contractors who were robbing the army, of the commanders who did not know how to command the army, and of th... ...er francs and shil- lings which disgrace, in Europe, many English and many continental inns. All this is, as must be admitted, great praise; and yet I... ...States, in this respect, are not all alike, the modes of election of their officers, and periods of service, being different. Even the franchise is di... ...on, that in settling himself for life it is better for a man to set up his staff in Canada than in the States. “I do not know that we are richer,” a C... ...ut when the child has become a man, let him lean no longer on his father’s staff. The argument is, I think, very good; but it proves not that we are r... ... House, in the town on the other side. I now think that I should set up my staff on the American side, if I went again. My advice on the subject to an... ...eet I extend my custom on a different system; and when I make my start for continental life I have with him a matter of unsettled business to a consid...

...’s house. ‘First, the young chap’s to be sent into the Navy; then it’s the Army; then he’s to be a judge, and sit on criminals; then he goes out to hi... ...ountry gentlemen of the neighbourhood, with light minds: and also by small officers: subalterns wishing to do tender execution upon man’s fair enemy, ... ...im. He courteously declined. They then attacked the married Marine—Navy or Army being quite indifferent to them as long as they could win for their br... ...litia sword, if you got a commission.’ ‘I have rather given up hope of the Army,’ said Evan. Mrs. Mel requested him to tell her what a colonel’s full ... ...as tempting to a tradesman. “No,” says Mel; like a chap planting his flag- staff and sticking to it. I believe that to get her to go with him, Burley ... ...ly obsequious! I am not telling you to pass the line. The contrary. But we continentals have our grievous reputation because we dare to meet as intell... ...yet I doubt not you think the smallest of our landed gentry equal to great continental seigneurs. I do not say the contrary.’ ‘You will fill Evan’s he...

...nature to perform. it. He came for the purpose of obtaining Miss Adister’s Continental address; to gather what he could of her from her relatives, and... ...fle intermixed; I fancy it’s we with him and with me when we’re talking of army or navy,’ said Patrick. ‘But Captain Con’s a bit of a politician: a po... ...so has Philip: though the worst is, they’re likely to drive him out of the army into politics and Parliament; and an Irishman there is a barrow trolli... ...iarly about his family, and his estate, and his brother’s prospects in the army, and whither he intended first to direct his travels: questions which ... ...tale. And what are you now? A paltry cap- tain of hussars on the General’s staff! One O’Donnell in a thousand! And what is she?—you needn’t frown, Phi... ...n,’ said Philip. ‘I repeat my words, Captain Philip O’Donnell, late of the staff of the General commanding in Canada.’ ‘The Irishman too has an island... ... the soil! Irishmen are better out of Europe, unless they enter one of the Continental services.’ ‘What is it Con O’Donnell proposes to you?’ Patrick ... ...iving into it. I like my comrades-in-arms, I like the character of British officers, and the men too—I get on well with them. I declare to you, Patric... ...lly difficult to them shows an affinity with the type. Do you perchance, O continental observers of the race, 119 George Meredith call it hypocritica...

...e Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia on March 4, the date fixed by the Continental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen... ...ental Congress for inaugurations. Before an assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet officers, j udges of the federal and district courts, foreign officials, ... ... enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These, covering our land with officers and opening our doors to their intrusions, had already begun tha... ...d not been inconvenient, it was because their amount would not have paid the officers who col lected them, and because, if they had any merit, the St... ...circumstances. Of the virtue of the people and of the heroic exploits of the Army, the Navy, and the militia I need not speak. Such, then, is the happ... ...inst these dangers our coast and in land frontiers should be fortified, our Army and Navy, regulated upon just principles as to the force of each, be... ...ciency the military force; to improve the organization and discipline of the Army; to provide and sustain a school of military science; to ex tend eq... ... turning point, a moment for hard decisions. I have asked the Cabinet and my staff a question, and now I put the same question to all of you: If not u...

...ance, an improved tone of public feeling calls for a gradual mitigation of army punishments, the quarrel becomes instantly an intellectual one: and mu... ... the case, none of which, in the common vernacu- lar versions (English and Continental), is at all intelligible. The elements in the case are three: t... ...Egypt were more than swallowed up by the pay and maintenance of the French army. What could the Mamelukes have done worse? Hence it had be- *We have n... ...ebruary he slept at the Arimathea of the Gospel. In a day or two after his army was before Jaffa, (the Joppa of the Crusaders,)—a weak place, but of s... ...which the commander-in-chief presided, assisted (as Napoleon) by his whole staff. Many of the officers were strongly for having the whole put to death... ...-in-chief presided, assisted (as Napoleon) by his whole staff. Many of the officers were strongly for having the whole put to death: they used the ver... ...bout the proper course: ‘massacre without mercy’ was his proposal. But his officers thought otherwise: they were brave men; ‘and,’ says Robertson, ‘th... ...m Great Britain, its annual bal- ance-sheet, by comparison with those from continental Eu- rope, would show a large excess. At the time of hearing thi... ...st in princes, nor in the sons of princes,’—rang for ever in his ear. Lord Stafford’s blood lay like a curse upon his throne. Now, by what a pointed a...

... But of that hereafter. Meantime, Hannah, she upon whom I leaned as upon a staff in all which respected her mistress, ran up stairs, after I had spoke... ...uld not reassemble until eight o’clock in the evening. Some clerks only or officers of the court remained, who were too much harassed by applications ... ...and unconditional. To argue the point was manifestly idle; the subordinate officers had no discretion in the mat- ter; nor, in fact, had any other off... ...er situation exposes her.’ They went on to make some sugges- tions for the officers of the court in preparing the arrange- ments for the trial, and so... ...Mine at least, weary nobody; which is more than can be always said for the continental versions. On a night in the year 1592, (but which night is a se... ...ral, had a right to expect. This ship was full of recruits for the Spanish army, and bound to Concepcion. Even in that destiny was an iteration, or re... ...in bearing away the recovered standard. She rode up to the general and his staff; she dismounted; she rendered up her prize; and fainted away, much le... ... obliged to do such things. Besides all these grounds of evil, the Spanish army had just there an extra demoralization from a war with sav- ages—faith... ...ng a man. That word ‘kill’ is sprinkled *Alferez. This rank in the Spanish army is, or was, on a level with the modern sous-lieutenant of France. 101...

...ntly.’ The son, still more gallantly continuing the tradition, entered the army, loaded himself with debt, was forced to sell out, took refuge in the ... ...e. King T om knew every inch of the Mediterranean, and was a terror to the officers of the watch. He would come on deck at night; and with his broad S... ...irthday, they were, the mother writes, ‘in great anxiety for news from the army. You can have no idea what it is to live in a country where such a str... ...the city. But they had friends and interests; even the captain had English officers to keep him company, for Lord Hardwicke’s ship, the vengeance, lay... ... pense.’ With the end of that time, peace was restored. On Tuesday morning officers with white flags appeared on the bastions; then, regiment by regim... ...nd wave their arms like giants; sheep in the distance are somewhat like an army; a little boat on the river-side must look much the same whether encha... ...hildren, and grand vizier, and magistrate, and on his Highness’s household staff, and seems to be one of those Scotch adventurers one meets with and h... ...uave breeches and a fez, a few narghilehs and a sprinkling of the ordinary continental shopboys. – In the evening I tried one more walk in Syra with A... ...neration that saw it launched. ‘JUNE 17, 1869. – Here are the names of our staff in whom I expect you to be interested, as future Great Eastern storie...

... cordon of sentries posted to keep a clear passage for the Emperor and his staff had great difficulty in keeping back the eager humming swarm of human... ...ome ten paces behind the rest of the horses in readiness for the Emperor’s staff. The young officer placed the father and daughter in front of the cro... ...combat, was framed by the majestic towering walls of the T uileries, which officers and men seemed to rival in their immobility. Involuntarily the spe... ...rked him out amid the variegated multitude as one of the Emperor’s orderly staff-officers. His gold lace glit- tered in the sunshine which lighted up ... ...im out amid the variegated multitude as one of the Emperor’s orderly staff-officers. His gold lace glit- tered in the sunshine which lighted up the ai... ...on, after a pause. “I know what soldiers are, my Julie; I have been in the army. In a man of that kind, love very seldom gets the better of old habits... ...t in France in those troublous days; for it was so unlikely that a foreign army should trouble its quiet that Touraine might be said to defy invasion.... ...s where their presence was supposed to be inimical to the interests of the Continental Policy. The young man, who was taking the tedium of the early m... ...farm where he had lived so happily for so long. His three sons were in the army, and each of the lads had risen in proportion to his time of service. ...

...senchant are alike portentous. The circumstances of the blasted heath, the army at a distance, the withered attire of the mysterious hags, and the cho... ...TE 22. Apartment is here used, as the reader will observe, in its true and continental acceptation, as a division or compartment of a house including ... ...ter it a line of golden associations.” Yes, and the burglar, who leaves an army-tailor’s after a midnight visit, trails after him perhaps a long roll ... ...gestions, but originally on occasion of a French theatre, supported by the staff of the French army when quar- tered in the same city. Latin was gathe... ...ally on occasion of a French theatre, supported by the staff of the French army when quar- tered in the same city. Latin was gathered in a random way ... ...rs in Frankfort; and the Comte Thorane, who held a high appointment on the staff, settled himself for a long period of time in the spacious mansion of... ...n and for- bearance. He was indeed a favorable specimen of French military officers under the old system; well bred, not arro- gant, well informed, an...

...at farm, I’ve been there. It’s got a rope walk and a candle factory and an army. Standing army. Infantry and cavalry. Three soldier and a horse. Aleck... ... wind! Turn thy force 77 Mark Twain loose like a tempest, and roll on thy army like a whirlwind, over this mountain of trouble and confusion. Oh frie... ...tittle of my promise to you; what is death to me? what is all this warlike army, if it is not to win a victory? I love the sleep of the lover and the ... ...nd Other Stories 158 privates and twenty commissioned and non commissioned officers; certainly one of the most fiery and dazzling and eloquent sights ... ...lineage call for it once more, and once more it issues from some London or Continental or American press, and runs a new course around the globe, waft... ...t one time or another in their lives, have served for a year or two on the staffs of our multitudinous governors, and through that fatality have been ...

...hout a question, even from his chief officer. He has the power to turn his officers off duty, and even to break them and make them do duty as sailor... ... the snatches between the frequent squalls upon crossing the equator. Some officers have been so driven to find work for the crew in a ship ready fo... ...s ‘‘not of the stuff that they make ’lors of.’’ He was one of that class of officers who are disliked by their captain and despised by the crew. He u... ...’ for craw fish. For this purpose, we procured a pair of grains, with a long staff like a harpoon, and making torches with tarred rope twisted round a... ...have some wealthy mercantile houses. It is noticeable that European Continental fashions prevail generally in this city,—French cooking, lu... ...ate of Americans, in favor of the retention in office of an officer of our army who was wounded at San Pazqual and whom some wretched caucus was goi... ... it, of joining the steamer or signing a parole of honor not to serve in the army or navy of the United States. Thank God no one accepted the former o...

...the phalanxes, Shouting to their companions from rank to rank.” When the army of the T rojans passed the night under arms, keeping watch lest the en... ...not to have got their swaddling clothes off; they are slower than a Roman army in its march, the rear camping to night where the van camped last nigh... ...ugh within sight of his Lowell, put to pilgrim’s shifts, and soon comes to staff and scrip and scallop shell. We, too, who held the middle of the stre... ... Indi ans on the 18th of April, 1725. He was the son of “an ensign in the army of Oliver Cromwell, who came to this country, and settled at Dunstable... ...or constable it may be, he is not a whit superior to his prison key or his staff. Herein is the tragedy; that men doing outrage to their proper nature... ...my back which held a few traveller’s books and a change of clothing, and a staff in my hand. I had that morning looked down from the Hoosack Mountain,... ...avid M’Clary, also citizens of Londonderry, were “distinguished and brave” officers.—”Major Andrew M’Clary, a native of this town [Epsom], fell at the... ... of pure melody, we easily come to reverence him. Passing over the earlier continental poets, since we are bound to the pleasant archipelago of Englis...

...l set by the barbarian of the quasi-peaceable nomadic culture. Some of the Continental countries afford good illustrations of this spiritual survival.... .... The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical effi... ... or romantic ideal occur freely in the tastes of the well-to-do classes of Continental coun- tries. In modern communities which have reached the highe... ...st exclusively among that class. The exceptions are (1) military and naval officers who are ordinarily members of the leisure class, and who are at th... ...re, may be cited that branch of the church militant known as the Salvation Army. This is to some extent recruited from the lower-class delinquents, an... ...om the lower-class delinquents, and it appears to comprise also, among its officers especially, a larger proportion of men with a sporting record than...

...he usual materi- als: travellers on business, and travellers for pleasure; officers from India on leave; merchants in the Greek and Turkey trades; a c... ...ssed so much, and at his time of life should look so far about him for any staff to bear him com- pany upon his downward journey and cheer it, was a j... ...n! if I was to lose the support and recognition of Chivery and his brother officers, I might starve to death here.’ While he spoke, he was opening and... ... to give me his—his own opinion. Cap- tain Martin (highly respected in the army) then unhesitatingly said that it appeared to him that his—hem!—sister... ... of pickled salmon was ill for weeks and that Mr F. and myself went upon a continental tour to Calais where the people fought for us on the pier until... ...king to that post was a Barnacle. No intrepid navigator could plant a flag-staff upon any spot of earth, and take possession of it in the British name... ...hich he supposed to be a failure, he gave them ‘Mr Chivery and his brother officers;’ whom he had beforehand presented with ten pounds each, and who w...

...he usual materi- als: travellers on business, and travellers for pleasure; officers from India on leave; merchants in the Greek and Turkey trades; a c... ...ssed so much, and at his time of life should look so far about him for any staff to bear him com- pany upon his downward journey and cheer it, was a j... ...n! if I was to lose the support and recognition of Chivery and his brother officers, I might starve to death here.’ While he spoke, he was opening and... ... to give me his—his own opinion. Cap- tain Martin (highly respected in the army) then unhesitatingly said that it appeared to him that his—hem!—sister... ... of pickled salmon was ill for weeks and that Mr F. and myself went upon a continental tour to Calais where the people fought for us on the pier until... ...king to that post was a Barnacle. No intrepid navigator could plant a flag-staff upon any spot of earth, and take possession of it in the British name... ...de on foot, in his broad-brimmed hat and round jacket, carrying a mountain staff or two upon his shoulder, with whom another guide conversed. There wa... ...hing for doing it. Whether it would be more agree- able to Edmund than the army, remained to be seen. Thus the Bosom; accomplished in the art of seemi... ...ntervening country, bristling with custom-houses, garrisoned by an immense army of shabby mendicants in uniform who incessantly repeated the Beggar’s ...

...e!” and finally pushing them all aside to open the journal of his youthful Continental travels. “Look here—here is all about Greece. Rhamnus, the ruin... ... evening when the important guest was gone to Loamford to see some brother officers stationed there. “Y ou really look so absent sometimes—you seem to... ...treat. Here is an en- graving of the Duke of W ellington surrounded by his staff on the Field of W aterloo; and notwithstanding recent events which ha... ...ale’s wholesome corrections. “Oh, he has not the style of a captain in the army, or that sort of carriage as if everybody was beneath him, or that sho... ...you have your own way in taking to medicine. Y ou might have gone into the army or the Church. Y our money would have held out for that, and there wou...