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...dedication ceremonies . . . not to discuss politics," but as the successor to the closest thing to a dictator the U. S. has yet produced, Governor Leche felt called on to make apologies for Mr. Harrison. Said he: "There is an old saying that the pen is mightier than the sword. I think our friend resents any advantage on the part of the sword...
Ship of the Line begins with a glimpse of Hornblower becalmed at home-bored with his dowdy wife, pawning his sword to get money for ship stores, worried about manning and outfitting his new command, the two-decker Sutherland- but the winds of romance blow hard as soon as he is out of sight of land. Convoying ships of the East India Co., Hornblower drives off two French raiders (incidentally conquering his secret shame, seasickness), accepts the grateful tributes of the merchantmen, then outrages them by seizing their men to fill out his crew. In another 48 hours the phlegmatic...
Without these two men lost, the Crimson has no individual stars. There are nine good fencers, better than average, and no poor sword wielders...
...Many countries would like more colonies; of course, under the terms of the Versailles Treaty, Germany has a little more to grumble about than most," Wild admitted, intimating, however, that sword-rattling won't stop with the acquisition of territories overseas, that discussion now will avoid trouble later...
...press about them. Both came from Britain. One was from the officers of the 1st The Royal Dragoons, whose honorary colonel he was till the War.* The other was from relatives who 22 years ago scorned him as unworthy of chivalry by having his banner, surcoat, helmet and sword removed from the chapel of the Order of the Garter at Windsor. The text of this message was not revealed but its signature was announced with pride: "Bertie, May, and Elizabeth" (i. e., George VI, Queen Mother Mary, and Queen Elizabeth...