A Month in the Camp Before SebastopolLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 - 125 pages |
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Page 23
... dinner was served , and I became a hungry partaker . The appetite inspired by my long drive did not prevent my looking with considerable interest at the novel en- tourage of this my first camp - repast . The General's tent differs in no ...
... dinner was served , and I became a hungry partaker . The appetite inspired by my long drive did not prevent my looking with considerable interest at the novel en- tourage of this my first camp - repast . The General's tent differs in no ...
Page 24
... dinner was followed by coffee , and by tobacco for the juniors . You do not , of course , imagine that our entertainment was of the full - dress order . Everybody , in fact , except my unmilitary self , wore the working Staff - uniform ...
... dinner was followed by coffee , and by tobacco for the juniors . You do not , of course , imagine that our entertainment was of the full - dress order . Everybody , in fact , except my unmilitary self , wore the working Staff - uniform ...
Page 44
... dinner . You are aware , I dare say , that there are no regimental messes here ; but that the Officers generally club together in twos and threes . On my way home of an evening , my efforts are directed to breaking up some one or other ...
... dinner . You are aware , I dare say , that there are no regimental messes here ; but that the Officers generally club together in twos and threes . On my way home of an evening , my efforts are directed to breaking up some one or other ...
Page 46
... dinner equipage may be scanty ; but , by dint of a bold nomenclature , its shortcomings are grace- fully veiled . Thus , one talks of a " glass " of wine , though that liquor ( supposing you to possess it ) is served in a handleless tin ...
... dinner equipage may be scanty ; but , by dint of a bold nomenclature , its shortcomings are grace- fully veiled . Thus , one talks of a " glass " of wine , though that liquor ( supposing you to possess it ) is served in a handleless tin ...
Page 66
... dinner . They carry out , in other words , the old principle of the Division of Labour . The office is taken by rotation . Amongst other advantages arising from this arrangement , a few large marmites serve for a whole regiment ...
... dinner . They carry out , in other words , the old principle of the Division of Labour . The office is taken by rotation . Amongst other advantages arising from this arrangement , a few large marmites serve for a whole regiment ...
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