"Military rank" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... old man, drawing up his twelve sons in double military rank, "I fought under good King Henriot, and can play at sword and pistol as well as the worthy 'ligueurs';" and shaking his head he leaned against a post, his knotty staff between his crossed legs, his hands clasped on its thick ...
— Cinq Mars, Complete • Alfred de Vigny
... He picked up the folder of papers she had been carrying, and put her into the elevator ahead of him, and it was only when they parted on the living-quarters level that he recalled having followed the older protocol of gallantry rather than the precedence of military rank. ...
— Uller Uprising • Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
... according to their supposed ability to pay. In the country, the amount demanded for this tax was usually proportioned to that of the personal taille. People who paid no taille were assessed according to their public office, military rank, business, or profession. The rules were complicated, giving rise to endless disputes. In theory the very poor were exempt, but the exemption was not very generous, for maid-servants were charged at the rate of three livres and twelve sous a year, and ...
— The Eve of the French Revolution • Edward J. Lowell
... (smiling). I am afraid, Sir, you may give me no military rank, as it would be contrary ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99, September 13, 1890 • Various
... His permanent military rank the Haers had no way to alter, but they were short enough of competent officers that they gave him an acting rating and pay scale of major and command of a squadron of cavalry. Joe Mauser wasn't interested in a cavalry command ...
— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds |
