"Despatch" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... He then had been writing to her! Coldly shrugging his shoulders, Lord Alfred said, "Sir, Do not let me detain you!" The Duke smiled and bow'd; Placed the note in his bosom; address'd, half aloud, A few words to the messenger,... "Say your despatch Will be answer'd ere nightfall;" then glanced at his watch, And turn'd back to ...
— Lucile • Owen Meredith
... desk Serviss was delighted to find a telegram from Lambert, stating the time of his arrival, and asking for a meeting. There was a note of decision, almost command, in the wording of the despatch, which denoted that the miner had taken his warning to heart and was prepared for prompt and ...
— The Tyranny of the Dark • Hamlin Garland
... failed to agree, in whole or in part, upon the number, the names and the powers of the arbitrators and upon the procedure, the Council shall settle the points remaining in suspense. It shall with the utmost possible despatch select in consultation with the parties the arbitrators and their President from among persons who by their nationality, their personal character and their experience, appear to it to furnish the highest guarantees of competence ...
— The Geneva Protocol • David Hunter Miller
... laughing. "If you had looked it up you would have seen there was no such train in the morning, and I never said there was. But I meant you to be deceived, Bunny, and I won't say I didn't—it was all for the sake of the side! Well, when you carted me away with such laudable despatch, I had rather an uncomfortable half-hour, but that was all just then. I had my candle, I had matches, and lots to read. It was quite nice in that strong-room until a very unpleasant ...
— A Thief in the Night • E. W. Hornung
... regulating of the docks and naval storehouses, and for the more speedy repairs of ships of war. During this time a plan was proposed and patent granted for making salt water fresh by distillation. All captains and officers received orders to despatch perfect copies of their journals to the Secretary of the Admiralty. An increased allowance of table-money was granted in lieu of several perquisites and advantages they had ...
— How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves - Updated to 1900 • W.H.G. Kingston
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