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They gave their lives that we might remain one Nation, and the Nation holds their memory alike in its arms. And so the little distinctions of rank that separated us in the service are nothing here. Death has given the same brevet to all.
At the age of twenty she was married to the Marquis du Deffand, who had but his brevet of colonel of a regiment of dragoons, and whose intelligence and fortune were of a nullité rare.
General Gaines was next in rank, but he was too old and feeble to take the field. Colonel Zachary Taylor a brigadier-general by brevet was therefore left in command.
He was able to do nothing except to send orders to the other trains on the road to halt, concentrate, and await the escort of Brevet Colonel Smith, of the Tenth Infantry, who had started from the frontier in August with the two companies mentioned as having been left behind in Minnesota, and by rapid marches had already reached the Sweetwater.
I wish Javert were here; he would recognize me." Nothing can reproduce the sombre and kindly melancholy of tone which accompanied these words. He turned to the three convicts, and said: "Well, I recognize you; do you remember, Brevet?" He paused, hesitated for an instant, and said: "Do you remember the knitted suspenders with a checked pattern which you wore in the galleys?"
Early in October this company was detailed, as one of four, to embark in a sailing-vessel for Savannah, Georgia, under command of Captain and Brevet Major Penrose. We embarked and sailed, reaching Savannah about the middle of October, where we transferred to a small steamer and proceeded by the inland route to St. Augustine, Florida. We reached St.
Anne Marie de la Tremoille, was daughter of M. de Noirmoutiers, who figured sufficiently in the troubles of the minority to be made a 'Duc a brevet'. She first married M. Talleyrand, who called himself Prince de Chalais, and who was obliged to quit the kingdom for engaging in the famous duel against Messieurs de la Frette. She followed her husband to Spain, where he died.
He thinks, too, that as no brevet has been given to King's officers in Ava, none can be given to those of the Company. I am to see him tomorrow upon these points. Cabinet at 3. Showed Herries the answer I proposed sending, respecting the Interest Bills, of which he entirely approved. Peel was not at the Cabinet. Read the Duke of Orleans' letter to the King, which is proper.
As soon as she had cast a rapid glance over this fortunate brevet, the good lady clasped her hands, an unspeakable expression of envy and despair contracted her countenance, and she was obliged to sit down to avoid fainting.
After all, it is a matter of conscience; and if he is young, it is time to take a brevet of dignity." Cousin Betty had fixed her gaze on Adeline, and seeing that she was jesting, she replied: "It would be marrying hunger and thirst; he is a workman, I am a workwoman. If we had children, they would be workmen. No, no; we love each other spiritually; it is less expensive."
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