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... Amongst the ladies who accompanied the detachment , was the wife of an old Peninsular officer , named Benham , who had but lately exchanged into our regiment in the hope of obtaining in 50 LIFE IN THE RANKS .. CHAPTER III. ...
... Amongst the ladies who accompanied the detachment , was the wife of an old Peninsular officer , named Benham , who had but lately exchanged into our regiment in the hope of obtaining in 50 LIFE IN THE RANKS .. CHAPTER III. ...
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... officer had not the good fortune to be popular with his new associates , owing to the irascibility of his temper , which had , no doubt , been soured by the disappointment incident to an unassisted career like his . Of his lady's ...
... officer had not the good fortune to be popular with his new associates , owing to the irascibility of his temper , which had , no doubt , been soured by the disappointment incident to an unassisted career like his . Of his lady's ...
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... officers of the detachment . The latter were , of course , delighted at having a butt for their boisterous mirth , and ministered largely to the vanity of this superannuated Venus . It was amusing , though at the same time pitiable to ...
... officers of the detachment . The latter were , of course , delighted at having a butt for their boisterous mirth , and ministered largely to the vanity of this superannuated Venus . It was amusing , though at the same time pitiable to ...
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... officers , he begged the favour of a few minutes ' private conversation with him in the cuddy . The young man ... officer with as much coolness as he could command . " So you are carrying on a clandestine cor- respondence with my ...
... officers , he begged the favour of a few minutes ' private conversation with him in the cuddy . The young man ... officer with as much coolness as he could command . " So you are carrying on a clandestine cor- respondence with my ...
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... officer , restored to himself by this hint . " I will do all that you require . ” Thus ended this most extraordinary scene . Although it may well be supposed that the Captain did not feel extremely comfortable under the sly inuendoes ...
... officer , restored to himself by this hint . " I will do all that you require . ” Thus ended this most extraordinary scene . Although it may well be supposed that the Captain did not feel extremely comfortable under the sly inuendoes ...
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Page 299 - Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors, My very noble and approved good masters, — That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true ; true, I have married her ; The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
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Page 126 - Some men convert the infliction into a source of amusement, by the discordance of their remarks with the pain they are obviously enduring. " An Irish dragoon who was brought to the triangles, not only bore the lash without wincing, but between each round administered by successive operators, was ready with some absurd remark, which converted the whole scene into a farce rather than an example, neither officers nor men being able to preserve their gravity. Amongst other things he had the assurance...