Under arrest? Captain Potzdorf, sir! I'm a British officer.
It was in the reign of George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarreled - good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor - they are all equal now.
For money, well timed and properly applied, can accomplish anything.
It is well to dream of glorious war in a snug armchair at home. But it is a very different thing to see it first hand.
He was one of those born clever enough at gaining a fortune, but incapable of keeping one. For the qualities and energies which lead a man to achieve the first, are often the very cause of his ruin in the latter case.
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