Thus situated, your conduct must continue to be such as will defy the breath of defamation... so that when other corps with reluctance shew the colour of their facings to an entrenched enemy, you may never leave off dusting pipe clay, and dashing THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
It was this excerpt that gave me a title idea for our magnum opus... Through Thick and Thin: The Royal Marines 1775-1815 (or something like it... I'm not entirely sure we've completely settled on dates.)
no subject
breath of defamation... so that when other corps with reluctance shew
the colour of their facings to an entrenched enemy, you may never leave
off dusting pipe clay, and dashing THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
It was this excerpt that gave me a title idea for our magnum opus... Through Thick and Thin: The Royal Marines 1775-1815 (or something like it... I'm not entirely sure we've completely settled on dates.)