Showing posts with label Napoleon Bonaparte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Napoleon Bonaparte. Show all posts
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Fit to ride
Their cavalry . . . well, it was fit to ride over Napoleon.
Flashman and the Mountain of Light, p.59, Fontana Paperback edition, 1991.
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Thursday, 15 July 2010
Pinched his ear
…then I singled out the unshaven chap, slapped him, told him not to do it again, pinched his ear à la Napoleon, and said I had high hopes for him. (Talk about discipline; come to old Flash and I’ll learn you things they don’t teach at Sandhurst.)
Flashman's Lady, p.235, Pan edition, 1979.
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Now they work as ministerial advisers
He was one of those very young, intense creatures of the kind you see addressing heaven in the background of pictures showing Napolean crossing the Alps in dancing pumps.
Royal Flash, p.247, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.
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