Officer

Examples

• The capture was a disgraceful one to the officer commanding but not to the troops under him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• By the time the officer arrived, Sam had made himself so extremely popular, that the congregated gentlemen determined to see him to prison in a body. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He was an officer in the Artillery, and a near relation to Lady Hyde Parker, I believe. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• General Canby was an officer of great merit. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Dana, then an officer of the War Department, accompanied me on the Vicksburg campaign and through a portion of the siege. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Nothing more to arrange, I think,' said the officer. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As an officer in His Majesty's service, I was bound to skin him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Your officer, Captain Dufranne, is one of them, and the forest man who has saved the lives of every member of my father's party is the other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Where he can, your worship,' replied the officer; again pretending to receive Oliver's answer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He was not a Plato or an Archimedes, but an efficient officer o f State, conscious of indebtedness to the great scientists and philosophers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It was a single action, officer's model . Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• No officer is ever to enter into my house again, nor even to pass through the village. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Beg your pardon, sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But I know that they know you were here before as an officer and now you are here out of uniform. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He wished, too, that the officers should be appointed altogether by himself, and not be nominated by the people, as the bill had proposed. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Carriages and horses were provided for all; captains and under officers chosen, and the whole assemblage wisely organized. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He always admitted his blunders, and extenuated those of officers under him beyond what they were entitled to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Here the official time was taken by officers of the Signal Corps. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was a stranger to most of the Army of the Potomac, I might say to all except the officers of the regular army who had served in the Mexican war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• General Taylor encouraged officers to accompany these expeditions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• These officers said they would take it upon themselves to insure us a cordial reception. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He appointed officers for the supervision of charitable works. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The approximate loss was upward of five hundred killed, but few of the officers escaping. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And an army of emigrés, French nobles and gentlemen, an army largely of officers, was allowed to accumulate close to the frontier. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Immediately he passed an order to one of his officers, and presently the colours of the Prince of Helium broke from every point of the flagship. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I told him that as the terms were written they would not; that only the officers were permitted to take their private property. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The vessels came in, their officers entirely unconscious that they were falling into the hands of the Union forces. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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