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  • Only then was there time to assemble the officers and have Private Sharpe brought into Major Shee's tent which had one of its sides brailed up to make more space.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • Sharpe, after he returned from Captain Morris's tent with the news that the Captain would ask Major Shee's permission for them to marry, was silent and Mary sensed he was not really listening to the tales, not even when he pretended to be amused or amazed.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • Major Shee suspected, when he was sober enough to suspect anything, that he did the job badly and that suspicion had given rise to a haunting fear of mutiny, and mutiny, to Major Shee's befuddled mind, was signalled by any sign of disrespect for established authority.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • They kept him in a makeshift pen behind Shee's tent and no one spoke to Sharpe there until Sergeant Green arrived.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • Wellesley galloped his horse to Major Shee's side, spoke briefly, then spurred on.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • Maybe he should have only given one thousand, for a thousand lashes were as liable to kill as two, but it was too late now, the verdict was given, and Shee's only hope of respite from the dreadful heat was his hope that the prisoner would die long before the awful punishment was finished.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • He thought about spurring Diomed, his horse, across the aqueduct and into the flaring smoke patches among the tope, but he resisted the impulse for then he would be among the trees and out of touch with the rest of the 33rd and he knew he needed Shee's remaining eight companies to reinforce the attackers.

    Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

  • Under these circumstances both agreed to dissolve partnership, and Farrell purchased Shee's share in the machine for 370l., a sum of 60l. being paid in ready cash and the remainder being secured by a bill of sale.

    The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various

  • Shee's a blessing giuen from God to man, a sweet companion in his affliction, and ioynt co-partner upon all occasions.

    Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle

  • Shee's her husband's solace, her house's ornament, her children's succor, and her seruant's comfort.

    Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle

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