Against the shield wall

It thundered on, the majestic, insistent roar, culminating in another ear-splitting shout at the finish, the crowd chanting out the tremendous triple cheer of the old battle-cry that the Roman legions had heard as the hordes of half-naked, indigo-stained savages had hurled themselves against the shield wall. ‘Hip . . . hip . . . hip . . . hooray! Hip . . . hip . . . hip . . . hooray!’


Mr American, p.524, Pan Books, paperback edition 1982.



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What you're cheering for

‘I only wish,’ the General added. ‘that when it happens I could take all the asses who’ll be waving flags and cheering and crowding the recruitment office — take ’em all by one collective arm, and say: “Now then, Jack, you know what you’re cheering for? You’re cheering at the prospect of having a soft-nosed bullet fired into your pelvis, shattering the bone and spreading it in splinters all through your intestines, and dying in agony two days later — or, if you’re really unlucky, surviving for a lifetime of pain, unable to walk, a burden to everyone, and a dam’ nuisance to the country that will pay you a pension you can’t live off. That, Jack,” I’d tell ’em, “is what you’re cheering for.” I’d probably be locked up.’


Mr American, p.520, Pan Books, paperback edition 1982.


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Making light of your troubles

At any other time I’d have given him a piece of my mind, for if there’s one thing I can’t stand it’s those hearty, selfish, muscular Christians who are forever making light of your troubles when all you want to do is lie whimpering.

Flashman's Lady, p.103, Pan edition, 1979.

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When the danger is past

That’s another thing about being a windy beggar – if you scare easily, you usually cheer up just as fast when the danger is past.

Flashman in the Great Game, pp.174-5, Pan edition, 4th printing, 1979.

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Nothing so cheering

With the danger safely past, I was soon in good fettle again. As I’ve said before, there’s nothing so cheering as surviving a peril in which companions have perished, and our losses had been heavy.

Flash For Freedom!, p.85, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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Three cheers

If the good Muncheners were kicking Lola out at last, they would get three cheers and a tiger from me.

Royal Flash, p.256, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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Chairs to mend!

I didn’t know which side he was on, but it didn’t seem to matter; I believe if I’d shouted ‘Chairs to mend!’ they’d have cheered just as loud.

Royal Flash, p.148, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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