meersham

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But, though a capital sabreur, he was evidently not made to solve questions in diplomacy. After various grimaces of thinking, and even taking the meersham from his mouth, I was thrown on my own resources. My application to the captive general was equally fruitless: it was answered with the composure of one prepared for all consequences, but it amounted simply to "Do just as you please."

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844