He has ordered the price of provisions to be raised a penny a pound, and has lent money out of his own pocket to provide the camp.

Altogether, he is a strange compound, this General.

He flogs his men without mercy, but he gives without stint.

He swears most tremendous oaths in conversation, and tells stories which Mountain would be shocked to hear--" "Why me ?" asks Mountain; "and what have I to do with the General's silly stories ?" "Never mind the stories; and go on, Harry," cries the mistress of the house.
"-- would be shocked to hear after dinner; but he never misses service.
He adores his Great Duke, and has his name constantly on his lips.

Our two regiments both served in Scotland, where I dare say Mr.Dempster knew the colour of their facings." "We saw the tails of their coats, as well as their facings," growls the little Jacobite tutor.
"Colonel Washington has had the fever very smartly, and has hardly been well enough to keep up with the march.