G.A. Henty QUOTES

21 " One day Wallace was fishing in the Irvine when Earl Percy, the governor of Ayr, rode past with a numerous train. Five of them remained behind and asked Wallace for the fish he had taken. He replied that they were welcome to half of them. Not satisfied with this, they seized the basket and prepared to carry it off. Wallace resisted, and one of them drew his sword. Wallace seized the staff of his net and struck his opponent's sword from his hand; this he snatched up and stood on guard, while the other four rushed upon him. Wallace smote the first so terrible a blow that his head was cloven from skull to collar-bone; with the next blow he severed the right arm of another, and then disabled a third. The other two fled, and overtaking the earl, called on him for help; "for," they said, "three of our number who stayed behind with us to take some fish from the Scot who was fishing are killed or disabled."
How many were your assailants?" asked the earl.
But the man himself," they answered; "a desperate fellow whom we could not withstand."
I have a brave company of followers!" the earl said with scorn. "You allow one Scot to overmatch five of you! I shall not return to seek for your adversary; for were I to find him I should respect him too much to do him harm. "

― G.A. Henty

22 " What would be the good of being a marksman, when you cannot see the end of your own rifle, let alone the man you are firing at? "

― G.A. Henty , For Name and Fame: With Roberts to Cabul or Through Afghan Passes

23 " One don't like setting out to help to bring a man to the gallus when you have got his money in your pocket. "

― G.A. Henty , The Lost Heir

24 " What are you smiling at, Sir Archie? The hound and you seem on wondrous friendly terms; "

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25 " Women are always passionately certain that they are right, and neither counsel nor entreaty can get them to believe that there can be any other side to a case than that which they take. "

― G.A. Henty , The Lost Heir

26 " What is your urgent business, Sir Archie?" the king asked. "A lady is in the case, I warrant me. Whenever a young knight has urgent business, be sure that a lady is in question. "

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27 " I do believe you would be perfectly happy shut up in your study with your rolls of manuscript all your life, without seeing another human being save a servant to bring you in bread and fruit and water twice a day. "

― G.A. Henty , The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt

28 " a rogue can generally express himself better than an honest man. "

― G.A. Henty , The Lost Heir

29 " I took a voyage once--it is many years ago, now--to Amsterdam, and the owner, not my good cousin here, but another, took a fancy to go with me; and his wife must needs accompany him, and verily, before that voyage was over, I wished I was dead. "I was no longer captain of the ship. My owner was my captain, and his wife was his. We were forever putting into port for fresh bread and meat, milk and eggs, for she could eat none other. If the wind got up but ever so little, we had to run into shelter and anchor until the sea was smooth. The manners of the sailors shocked her. She would scream at night when a rat ran across her, and would lose her appetite if a living creature, of which, as usual, the ship was full, fell from a beam onto her platter. I was tempted, more than once, to run the ship on to a rock and make an end of us all. "

― G.A. Henty , By Right of Conquest

30 " opinions are strong, as ladies' opinions generally are, "

― G.A. Henty , The Lost Heir

31 " So that there is enough to keep life together, it matters little what it is. "

― G.A. Henty , On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War

32 " It is a war of religion as much as a war for power. "

― G.A. Henty , Friends Though Divided

33 " only the "

― G.A. Henty , The Queen's Cup

34 " singly and "

― G.A. Henty , A Jacobite Exile

35 " this is a time when we must all take sides for or against the king. "

― G.A. Henty , Friends Though Divided

36 " friends of the king can no longer be grip hands with friends of the Commons. "

― G.A. Henty , Friends Though Divided

37 " My father, the colonel, is for the king; yours for the Parliament. "

― G.A. Henty , Friends Though Divided

38 " You will do well to bear this in mind, for to those who disobey orders and break the line when engaged with the foe I will show no mercy. My orders will be given to each sergeant of ten men to run a spear through any man who stirs from his post, whether in advance or in retreat, whether to slay or to plunder. The time may come when the safety of the whole army depends upon your standing like a wall between them and the Romans, and the man who advances from his place in the ranks will, as much as the man who retreats, endanger the safety of all. "

― G.A. Henty , Beric the Briton

39 " His father had been so seriously wounded, at Vimiera, that he was invalided home and placed on half pay; and in the same battle Captain O'Grady lost his left arm but, on its being cured, returned to his place in the regiment. "

― G.A. Henty , Under Wellington's Command

40 " Now," Marjory said, "I am not going to remain quiet here while Sir Archie does all the fighting..."
"But Lady Marjory-" Sandy began.
"I will have no buts, Sandy; you must just do as I order you, and I will answer to Sir Archie. I shall myself go forth with you and see that the work is properly done."
The two men looked doubtfully at each other.
"Now, Andrew," Marjory said briskly, "let us have no hesitation or talk, the plan is a good one."
"I do not say that it is not a good one," Sandy replied cautiously, "or that it is not one that Sir Archie might have carried out if he had been here."
"Very well, Andrew, then that is quite enough I give you the order and I am responsible, and if you and Sandy do not choose to obey me, I shall call the men together myself and lead them without you."
As Sandy and Andrew were quite conscious that their lady would be as good as her word, they at once proceeded to carry her orders into effect. "

― G.A. Henty

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