None so prim

…ah well, thinks I , there’s none so prim as a Scotsman up in the world.


Flashman and the Mountain of Light, p.39, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.


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A shared enemy

…Royals in their shirt-sleeves mingling with the Tirailleurs to swap baccy and gossip (it’s damned sinister, if you ask me, how the Jocks and Frogs always drift together)…

Flashman and the Dragon, p.160, Fontana Paperback edition, 1986.



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Their heathenish slogans

‘Damn your eagerness!’ cries he. ‘Stand fast! Reload!’
   They dropped back, snarling like dogs, and Campbell turned and calmly surveyed the wreckage of the Russian ranks.... they began to laugh and cheer, and yell their heathenish slogans…

Flashman at the Charge, p.85, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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Little Willy

Little Willy, in the meantime, was taking to all this excitement like a Scotchman to drink.

Flashman at the Charge, p.38, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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Solemn, hostile, and greedy

The men I found solemn, hostile, and greedy, and they found me insolent, arrogant, and smart.





Flashman, p. 51, Pan edition, 12th printing, 1979.

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