Don't mistake

      Why, Flashy, you ask, this ain’t pity or sentiment, surely? Not a bit of it: don’t mistake disgust and contempt for the tormentor with compassion for the victim.


Flashman and the Angel of the Lord, p.339, Harper Collins, 1995.


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Deeply-felt sentimental mood

And then they were thundering away back on the Samarkand road, cloaks flying, and Kutebar turning in the saddle to give me a wave and a roar. And it’s odd – but for a moment I felt lonely, and wondered it I should miss them. It was a deeply-felt sentimental mood which lasted for at least a quarter of a second, and has never returned, I’m happy to say.

Flashman at the Charge, p.287, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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My own ardent youth

It made me quiet sentimental to watch him – reminded me of my own ardent youth , when every coupling began with an eager stagger across the floor trying to disentangle one’s breeches from one’s ankles.

Flashman at the Charge, p.40, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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Misty-eyed

He had that manly, sentimental look, misty-eyed yet smiling, which I personally can only manage in drink.

Royal Flash, p.166, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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