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id: 14044
title: The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War
author: Machen, Arthur
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  In "The Bowmen" my imagined soldier saw "a long line of shapes, with a Bowmen of my story have become "the Angels of Mons." In this shape third, fourth, fifth hand stories told by "a soldier," by "an In fact, there were ten thousand dead German soldiers left before that looking man in some sort of black robe was standing by him. and he pointed that gun at the German soldier. "Drink this," said the minister, and he handed the soldier a great that an English soldier wanted a "holy picture." She went to the man soldiers--and the R.F.A. man and the Fusilier knew that he was St. George, because he was exactly like the figure of St. George on the The soldiers knew that the figure on the horse was St. George by his exact likeness to the figure of the saint on the English


id: 10446
title: The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
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  red-faced man, a fine whist-player, and a soldier who knew his work. come athwart my hawse when I am working the ship," said the captain. "Nay, nay, Captain Sharkey, not so hot, sir!" said the quartermaster, "You''ve no call to fear me, sir," said he; "I''m a changed man from what "You came here to speak of Sharkey, Master Craddock," said he. "The man Sharkey is a vessel of wrath," said Craddock. compasses in his hand, sat a clean-shaven, pale-faced man with a fur cap "That''s soon set right," said Sharkey, turning his filmy eyes upon "You''ve made others look death in the face, Sharkey," said he; "now it "Happen you won''t," said the woman, and the Master turned a terrible eye He faced his man with little in-and-out steps, breaking to the left, "''Sir,'' said I, ''I am as honourable a man as you are yourself.''


id: 11247
title: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
author: Doyle, Arthur Conan
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  ''Good-day, sir,'' said he, seeing that I pulled up my horse. ''Can you tell me,'' said he, ''whether the man who calls himself the Baron ''He is a man,'' said Duroc, with a sudden flush upon his boyish face, ''to man with a lion-like head and a great shock of orange-coloured hair. ''We shall find what we want in here,'' said the man with the dark beard. And all the time our little man, with his pale face and his cold, grey ''I presume that you are a strong man, Colonel,'' said the chief, coming clean-shaven, with round, comely faces, looking to me more like monks the finest light-weight in England,'' said the older man, looking at me Abbey where you could shelter man or horse,'' said he. ''Keep your heart up, comrade,'' said I; ''I have seen a man with a worse


id: 36211
title: Men, Women and Guns
author: McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
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  war, and I know it''s awful to love a German, but I do, and I can''t tell gun was a little one, that a line of men going through the woods had I''d like to say, sir, that it''s not the first time this man has An appealing look came into the man''s eyes. I only came down this evening to tell a man not to come I am coming to the climax of the drama, old man; I shall not bore you "You''ll see, old man, in time," he answered. All of which his major--who was a man of no little understanding--knew time of life when if a man wants to kiss one particular woman, he might the Blue Bird for you, old dear." Little things like that do stick. "I got a Prussian officer like that, that day," he went on after a "You''re looking very fit, old man.


