Rule Britannia, thinks I

. . . our jaunty subaltern was putting on dog in no uncertain manner. His old red coat was sponged and pressed, his whiskers shone with pomade, his cap was on three hairs, his cane under his arm, and his monocle in his eye. Rule Britannia, thinks I, and stamped my heel in reply to the barra salaam* he threw me . . .


 *Big salute


Flashman on the March, p.245, Harper Collins, paperback edition 2005.


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Infidel professors of Anglistan

‘What science is here! Wisdom beyond that of the great astronomer of Samarkand has gone into the making of these fine instruments. I salute you Flashman bahadur, and the genius of your infidel professors of Anglistan.’

Flashman at the Charge, p.272, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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