| 单词 | half-pay |
| 例句 | And telling you that the thing that you just did, have a baby, create a human life, is really only worth six weeks of half-pay and rest — if you have a full-time job. The "Good Vibes Only" hashtag must die: Why toxic positivity is slowly killing us 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Ataya kept on 10 of his 40 employees, sending others home at half-pay. Small businesses worldwide fight for survival amid pandemic 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z He and other staff members are on half-pay as the restaurant battles through this period. China’s economy, having weathered the trade war, is now jolted by coronavirus 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Those people would also be able to receive all lawmaker expense pay classified as “earned compensation,” but not salary, without regard to the half-pay rule. Mississippi sets rule on pensions and legislative service 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Punishments that captains will still be able to impose include extra duty for up to 45 days, restriction to the ship for up to 60 days, loss of rank, and half-pay for two months. No More Bread and Water: U.S. Navy Scraps an Age-Old Penalty 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Those workers previously received up to eight weeks of maternity leave at half-pay, and were not entitled to parental leave. Walmart’s Bumpy Day: From Wage Increase to Store Closings 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Under army policy, Javed still earns half-pay at $120 a month and was awarded a piece of land, but he still thinks it’s not enough. Taliban explosives are becoming more powerful. Afghan soldiers are paying the price. 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Dr. Mead, in the time of George the First, was generous to a degree, and like many of his brethren, would not accept fees from curates, half-pay officers, and men of letters. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z A few Gazettes afterwards my uncle obtained his promotion by an officer of this name being brought in from the half-pay to sell out in the same Gazette. Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas 2012-04-21T02:00:22.650Z If you don't like the half-pay list,—which would, in my mind, be the best step,—there 's the Seventeenth ordered to Baroda, and Maidstone refuses to go. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z I more than suspect," said Hunter, sternly, "that this half-pay life works badly for a man's habits, and throws him upon very petty and contemptible modes of getting through his time. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z "I am on half-pay," answered Manners, with a smile; and moving towards the door, notwithstanding all Mr. Arden's objurgations, he left the room. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z I hope to get my step in about a year; then I will go on half-pay. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z So the burial service was read by a fellow debt exile—a half-pay Irish army captain. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z I intend to go on half-pay, or sell out if that be refused me; set out for India by the next mail, and, with what energy remains to me, vindicate your son's claim. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z On arriving in England early in 1763, Hunter, having retired from the army on half-pay, took a house in Golden Square, and began the career of a London surgeon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z He was made a Privy Councillor, got the reversionary grant of the Principal Secretaryship of State, and the commission of a half-pay majority, and was what Primate Stone termed “a ready-money voter.” The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Among the many officers who, at the close of the Peninsular war, retired on half-pay, was Captain Dutton of the —th regiment. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Soon after this experience he lost his office, and had to retire on a compensation allowance of less than half-pay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Unattached, un-a-tacht′, adj. not attached, as of a student not living in college but in outside lodgings, at Oxford and elsewhere: not seized for debt: not assigned to a particular regiment or company, on half-pay. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Reserved list, formerly a list of officers on half-pay, who might be called upon in an emergency; Reserved power, a reservation made in deeds, &c.; Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z Peace had led to the pensioning of militia officers, or reducing to half-pay of the juniors. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z His only certainty was his half-pay; but he was lucky at cards, and often luckier at betting. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:26.330Z They were fighting under the British cross or eking out a penurious half-pay life in little Brunswick, near their old commander-in-chief. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z In 1783, before the final disbanding of the British forces, Thompson returned to England, and was promoted to the rank of colonel, with half-pay for the rest of his life. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z The officers would be put on half-pay, which was as high as full-pay elsewhere. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He was entitled to half-pay as a Lieutenant of the West Norfolk Militia, and this he settled upon his mother during his absence. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z We were in fair circumstances, as my father, in addition to his half-pay, possessed an income of something above a hundred pounds a year. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The half-pay officers of the former r�gime had hastened to his colours. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z After the fall of Napoleon he elected to stay in the Hanoverian service, though he retained his half-pay lieutenant-colonelcy in the English army. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Lieutenant Edward Elliker Williams had been, first, in the Navy, then in the Army; had met his wife in India, and, returning with her to England, had sold his commission and retired on half-pay. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Later he served in Egypt, and when, through ill-health, he retired in 1843 on half-pay, he lived for some years in Portugal. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z She lived in one of those large apartment houses that are full of Japanese, Americans, and Indian law students, with a half-pay officer here and there. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z As to the half-pay, Washington had long before expressed his opinion of the justice as well as policy of such a provision. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z I held that post until the end of the war, when I was invalided home and promoted to an ensigncy on the half-pay list. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The A.C.L.U. said that the half-pay policy was enacted before “don’t ask, don’t tell” was passed, and so was not changed when that law was repealed. At War Blog: Discharged Gay Service Members Sue Over 'Half-Pay' Policy 2011-09-22T20:42:37Z That all was not much,—his half-pay as general, and the appointment annexed to the cross of the legion of honour. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z I was on what we sailors call a spell of half-pay, so I had plenty of time to attend to him—no other cares then, Ida. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z He was of an old Scottish family, that had been crushed at Culloden, so that with the exception of the half-pay a stingy government granted him, he had little else to live upon. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z For a time they lived p. 199humbly but comfortably on his half-pay. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z If poor men cost the state as much, they would be put like officers upon half-pay, and while our distress lasts I think it would be wise to do the same thing with deity. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z The second was called Hughes; he was, I believe, when he enlisted, actually in the receipt of half-pay as a lieutenant of the line. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z He was still a substantive captain in the 5th West India regiment, though a lieutenant-colonel by brevet, when he went on half-pay in 1818. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Each man then signed the articles, or made his mark, ending with myself, when I found I was entitled to receive five shillings per month, without any half-pay or advance. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z About a year after that incident I retired on half-pay, and returned to England. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z But it has been stated I said I would put the Deity on half-pay. The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z Some who were desponding at the gloomy prospect of half-pay, revived in a moment, and again set honour, glory, and promotion, once more before the eyes of their imagination. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z And here and there, elderly but erect, natty of attire, and countenance darkly sunburnt beneath the turbanlike puggaree enshrouding his summit, stalked unmistakably the half-pay Anglo-Indian. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Was it in desiring that Colonel Napier might be "struck off the half-pay list," for having made a speech at Devizes in favor of Parliamentary Reform? The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z He had seen forty-one years of active service without passing a single day on half-pay. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z I would serve the Deity as the government does the subaltern—place him on half-pay.' The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z He’s only a paltry captain—on half-pay at that, without the shadow of an expectation. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Mr. Thomas Kingston, a military officer on the half-pay list, appeared in custody to answer the complaint of Mrs. Bridget Bull. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z There were philosophers and philanthropists, bankrupt merchants and broken-down grocery-keepers; officers who had retired from the Texan army on half-pay; and some who had retired from situations in the New York ten-pin alleys. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z He then went on half-pay, and in 1824, determining to take holy orders, entered as an undergraduate at Cambridge University. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z After first stating that I did not believe there was a Deity, is it likely I should say I would put him on half-pay? The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z Neither was a half-pay captain, without expectations; and, instead of a discouragement almost amounting to dismissal, for a long time both were permitted to bask in the smiles of the beautiful Belle. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z The figures of old salts, crimps, half-pay officers, and one square-jawed sailor loomed through the fetid air. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z How she endures it I can't conceive; a half-pay lover and a half-pay m�nage are two things that, to me at least, would be insupportable. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I ought to have put up at the Mansion-house, well kept by a retired half-pay British officer; instead of which I was brought to the Commercial Hotel, newly undertaken by an American. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z Would you put a servant on half-pay whom you never hired or had? The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy 2011-07-22T02:00:15.747Z How could a solitary half-pay officer help himself," candidly asks Gourlay, "settled down upon a block of land, whose very extent barred out the assistance and convenience of neighbours? Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z I could go on with the fiddle, and the general live on his half-pay. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z I knew her well once, before she became a refugee—her husband was a half-pay Colonel Hazleton of the royal artillery, and they were tories of course. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The streets were thronged with people, but there was no disorder until a band of royalists attacked a half-pay officer wearing the imperial cockade. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z And because people just sort of half-pay attention to the news, they took that to mean that the President is a Muslim. Nation's foremost thinkers: It's Obama's fault that people think he's a Muslim (and also he technically is) 2010-08-20T20:45:00Z Abundant time was afforded for reflection on the wretched state of property flung away on half-pay officers. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z "How much do you think a major on half-pay can save?" he asked. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z He was possessed of a few hundred pounds, besides his half-pay from the Dutch Government, which was regularly paid. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The well-trained subordinate officers of these contingents were turned adrift by thousands on the same terms as those of Napoleon's own army, half-pay if they showed themselves good Catholics, otherwise nothing. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z He’s the right sort of stuff, ain’t he? and yet they let him leave the army and go on half-pay.” Real Gold A Story of Adventure Colonel Carthew, a half-pay officer of Cornish origin, also made large improvements on property in the vicinity of Newmarket. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z A charge of peculation, unproved, was made against him in connexion with this expedition and he was placed on half-pay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" I too did as my neighbours did and left my house pretty well empty, wherein a Swedish colonel on half-pay was lodged. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Those were early days in railroading; not a word about pensions, not a word about half-pay; just sixty years and—out! The Night Operator The admiralty did insist That he upon the half-pay list Immediately should go. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 But a single private of the 49th Regiment, and a gallant old half-pay officer, Capt. Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896 Your cousin is a man of business, and will probably have amassed a large fortune when my poor nephew will be a do-nothing old general on half-pay. Ayala's Angel I'm going to hang on to the last, and retire on half-pay. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Thus chatting as we went, Mahon informed me that Pigott was an old half-pay Colonel, whose principal occupation for thirteen years had been what the French would call 'to assist' at affairs of honour. Jack Hinton The Guardsman He complimented her warmly, and conferred upon her the rank of lieutenant, while Congress gave her half-pay during life. The Greater Republic A History of the United States My brother is now on half-pay, but the time may come when he will again have an important command. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 You should see them a few years later, as I have seen them, with very little half-pay and very large family, living cheap at some wretched Belgian town. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion "And now, my Lord," chimed in Jack, "you know the whole neighborhood, if we don't throw in a cross-grained old fellow, a half-pay lieutenant of the Buffs." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly It used to be small room, small bass, and big pay: now it's big room, double-bass, and half-pay. Black Forest Village Stories "Soup, and a steak, with a pint of port," said I; just the kind of dinner I had often heard the old half-pay officers talking of at the door of the Club in Foster Place. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas In gratitude I mention the name of Captain Effingham Lindsay, now colonel on the half-pay of the 22nd regiment of Foot. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment For three months after his term of service he was to receive half-pay; pensions were promised; and, in short, everything was done to make the navy popular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" "What's the name of that half-pay captain who called here t'other morning?—the fellow who sat from luncheon till nigh dusk?" asked Jack. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly A number of half-pay naval lieutenants were appointed to these vessels, but were stationed with detachments of men and boats at the Martello towers erected along the coast as a defence against French invasion. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" In 1817, when the flotilla on the lakes was dismantled, he returned home on half-pay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" His mare must have been deceived by following a private road which led to a cottage belonging to an old half-pay officer, Major Harcourt. A Monk of Cruta Codrington now remained on shore and on half-pay for some years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" His last appearance in the Army List is in 1841, in which issue he is shown on page 340 as a surgeon on half-pay. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle How could this be done on his half-pay? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 They are allowed three months’ vacation on full pay in two years, and leave of absence on half-pay after six years’ service, or before that if urgently needed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The half-pay officers filled the caf� from morning till night, but not a word transpired, the affair was too serious. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 For the Edwardian culture did not go very deep; the country gentlefolk and elder business men, the middling professionals and half-pay officers, never abandoned the Victorian tradition. Pot-Boilers Mr. Wynn the elder was slightly mystified; for the topics of promotion by purchase in the army, and the emigration of half-pay officers, seemed to have no leading reference to the above world-famed story. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement In the village in which we were at one time residing, there dwelt, in a small cottage commanded by our windows, a lieutenant in the navy on half-pay. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 They can be allowed sick leave for six months on full pay and six months on half-pay. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" All the half-pay officers were following him, and as the moon was shining we could see they were coming at a great pace. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 After my return from America, I was placed on half-pay. My Three Years in America Congress had also granted five years' extra pay to officers, in lieu of the half-pay for life which was first voted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 I should be sorry to lay my hands upon a peer of the realm, or a king's officer even on half-pay.' The Pirate, and The Three Cutters The aide-de-camp was a character; a little meagre being, who, after a long life of idleness and half-pay, was suddenly called into service; and now figured in a staff-coat and feather. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 I thought at once that they were half-pay officers, who were spending their last sous, and who would soon be troubled to live. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 Is he not the presiding genius of the company for relieving the Poles? a vice-presiding genius for relieving destitute authors, destitute actors, destitute clergymen's widows, destitute half-pay officers' widows? The Macdermots of Ballycloran I wish I were a half-pay captain, with a wife and three children, a taste for gardening, and a poney-carriage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 The client is one Captain Morrison, a retired army officer living solely on his half-pay; so the reward—if any—must of necessity be small. Cleek, the Master Detective May 20th, 1818.—Decree relative to the position and allowances of those not in active service, or on half-pay. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 And it was Z�b�d� who told us, that processes had been made out against the generals on half-pay, and that their letters were opened at the post, that they might appear like traitors. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 The half-pay navy captain won four games, thereby paying for his dinner, and then Cousin George went sulkily to bed. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite As a prolific tale-teller he amused the leisure hours of superannuated sergeants and half-pay subalterns. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. The captain wrote to be superseded, and as there was no lack of sharp half-pay skippers looking-out, his request was immediately complied with. A Sailor of King George In 1816, one of our most able and distinguished officers of engineers, General Bernard, had been placed on half-pay, and lived in exile at Dôle. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The faces of the officers on half-pay lighted up as with a burst of sunshine, and they breathed freely again. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 But as the year went by, and the outcry against half-pay continued, and Congress showed symptoms of a willingness to compromise the matter, the discontent of the army increased. The Critical Period of American History Well, yes—indeed, often, as that of an English officer on half-pay who some years ago lived in my province; a man against whose character, so far as I know, nothing can be said.” Major Frank Though officials are permitted leaves of absence only once in ten years, those who complete twenty-five years' service in the Insulinde may retire on half-pay. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China The legacy left you by your aunt will pay our expenses out, and enable us, without touching my half-pay, to purchase a farm in Canada.” Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life You should have seen the faces of the half-pay officers at that moment. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 To avert the danger, Washington had urged Congress to promise half-pay for life to such officers as should serve to the end of the war. The Critical Period of American History That in regard to placing alférezes on half-pay as nurses, it is not advisable; nor do such men proceed with the charity that is necessary, and that such ministry requires. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXVI, 1636 There are fewer occupationless Englishmen abroad, but there is a fair supply—half-pay officers, consumptives, and mysterious creatures, who have no good reason for being there. The Third Miss Symons A brother of his father, knight commander at Valetta when Bonaparte conquered the island, had come to spend his last days in Palma with only the meagre pension of a half-pay officer. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan But a couple of years before he would naturally have been put on half-pay under the age limit, a little expedition was arranged against some unruly hill-tribes, and Colonel Parsons was given the command. The Hero At this critical moment Washington had earnestly appealed to Congress, and against the strenuous opposition of Samuel Adams had at length extorted the promise of half-pay for life. The Critical Period of American History Then she bursts into poetry, and pens poems of so fiery a passion that her family are in consternation lest she should elope with the half-pay officer who meets her by moonlight on the pier. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) They had a hard time of it too, for my father had to go on half-pay; and a commander's half-pay isn't much to live upon and keep a family. Tom Brown at Oxford I shall be glad to give you the half-pay up to date, for doubtless it will reach his wife more safely through you. A Retrospect One of the two, the Bunk, had been for some years inhabited by an elderly half-pay naval officer, Captain Carnegy, and his motherless boys and girls. The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys Samuel Adams, who had almost violently opposed the grant of half-pay and had been dissatisfied with the Commutation Act, now came completely over to the other side. The Critical Period of American History The colonel has about three thousand pounds outside his half-pay, and they are all crazy to marry him because his sister is a countess. The Place of Honeymoons I shall go on half-pay, and become an enterprising agriculturist at the Antipodes. Tom Brown at Oxford Chapel, and to direct the repayment of the fine inflicted by the Court of King's Bench, and the restoration of my half-pay suspended during my removal from the naval service. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II In 1815, "Retrenchment" deprived him of this office, and he was placed on half-pay. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 It included all the old soldiers who are in this city, not only those in active service, but those on half-pay; also the royal Audiencia, and the royal officials of your Majesty. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The regulated disposal of full-pay, unattached, retired, and half-pay commissions in the army. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The difference of pension, too, would have been a help, for goodness knows it is hard work making ends meet on a lieutenant’s half-pay. With Cochrane the Dauntless The officers of the ninth and tenth companies were not put on half-pay, but kept as supernumeraries to fill up vacancies as they occurred in the regiment. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America He had served with distinction in the war; but retired on half-pay, and was drawn by some natural idiosyncrasy into the dry paths of economic discussion. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill After Nicolas Gonçalez had gone, the governor drew up his troops, putting Captain Rodrigo at the head of the rest, and giving to each of the half-pay captains a troop of soldiers. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century In military phraseology, an officer not belonging to any one company or regiment, or on half-pay. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. We were therefore free to serve again, but were all sent back to England and put on half-pay, and peace having soon after been patched up I remained without a chance of employment. With Cochrane the Dauntless He was wounded at the battle of Sillery, April 28, 1760, and three years later was placed on half-pay as a lieutenant. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Her father was an officer on half-pay in the British army. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 “A captain in the Royal Navy, now on half-pay, sir.” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Lina's father was a Captain Dale, a half-pay officer, whom I had once seen on business about a pupil of mine who had crossed the Channel under his care. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 He therefore gave her the commission of a sergeant, and recommended that her name be placed on the list of half-pay officers for life. Stories of New Jersey His deprivations and sufferings for a considerable time after leaving New York were great, but were finally relieved by the receipt of half-pay as an officer in the service of the Crown. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Captain Kenney, an officer on half-pay, had seen a good deal of high life. A Journey to America in 1834 "Faith in old Grimes," said Willis; "an old half-pay lieutenant!" Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert The object was the contemptible one of robbing him of his half-pay. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Walker, more answerable for the result, and less fortunate in court influence, was removed from command, and his name was stricken from the half-pay list. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America In 1783 he settled near Cornwall, Upper Canada, and received half-pay; held several civil offices, such as those of Magistrate, Judge of the District Court, Associate Justice of King's Bench, etc. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Mary Percival was married to Captain Sinclair, who sold out, and retired upon half-pay, to live upon his estates in Scotland. The Settlers in Canada Further than that, he was Colonel of one of his Majesty’s crack regiments, as they call them, and is now on half-pay. Valerie But it was enough to deprive a man who had served his country in battle of his half-pay. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Two squadrons of cavalry, two battalions of infantry, a company of Greek irregulars, and a number of half-pay officers and pensioners, were soon drawn up under King Otho’s windows. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Great were the advantages of the half-pay officers and those who had a little money at their command, and yet their descendants appear not to have profited by it. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 If they think anything about it at all at home, it will be that his wound is much more severe than it really is; and he can remain on half-pay as long as he pleases. The Settlers in Canada Seamen also were allowed to forward letters home on the payment only of a penny; half-pay officers and widows of officers were enabled to obtain their pay or pensions free of charge. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 There was a Captain Porteous, who by his good behaviour in the army had obtained a subaltern's commission, and had afterwards, when on half-pay, been preferred to the command of the City Guard. The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) About midnight, on the 14th of September, the gendarmes were ordered to surround the house of General Makriyani, an officer of irregulars on half-pay, and to arrest him on a charge of treason. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 It is a common remark in the country that very many of the sons of half-pay officers were both idle and dissolute; but I am happy to say there are many honourable exceptions. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 The chief opponent of the bill was Robert Isaac Dey Gray, the young Solicitor General, the son of Major James Gray, a half-pay British Officer. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 In 1773 Lord Howe presented a petition to the House of Commons in behalf of the captains in the navy, soliciting an increase of half-pay. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Now a brace a night, four hundred francs, or sixteen pounds, is not a bad night’s earning: in Spa it would keep a half-pay officer for three months. Olla Podrida But the greatest injustice is, that they have no half-pay: if not wishing to be employed they must resign their commissions and live as they can. Diary in America, Series One In this way his poor mother received her half-pay as formerly, the captain sending it home monthly. From Lower Deck to Pulpit I suppose he was afraid of the old joke against Sir George Yonge, who was said to have expressed a hope that the half-pay officers would die off fast, and be thus provided for. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents It was carried by a great majority, and two shillings a-day were added to the half-pay. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 According to the regulations of the war department, their contumacious residence at Paris would subject them to the loss of their half-pay; and many of them, though in poverty, preferred independence to submission. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I My father was a half-pay officer," I went on, "very poor and very proud. In Direst Peril His failing health obliged him to retire from active service on the half-pay of a lieutenant. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Captain Matthews, be it understood, was not in receipt of half-pay, but of a pension. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion It also granted 35,574 pounds for the half-pay of sea-officers; and the piratical States of Barbary again becoming troublesome, Admiral Baker cruised against them, and destroyed most of their vessels. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 He put the General on the half-pay list, and ordered him to retire immediately, and until further orders, to the distance of sixty leagues from Paris. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I When the latter retired on half-pay they all took up their abode in Wreckumoft. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn A Squib is a puff of lower rank, who serves at half-pay salary while he is learning to deal. 8th. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Among these latter were many half-pay officers and others of good birth but limited means, who had sought homes for themselves in the Canadian wilderness. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion From this it is evident that they before this time, as also those of other ranks, received no half-pay while on shore. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The decision by which the half-pay military were enfranchised, and which left them at liberty to brave the commands of the government, was a shock which beat the royal authority to the ground. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I Having retired on half-pay from the Royal Navy, I reside in a pleasant cottage in the suburbs of the well-known and important seaport town of Wreckumoft, situate on the east coast of England. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn He wound up by flattering himself that he should wind up with the savings of his mother, his half-pay, the widow’s guilders, and his own property—altogether it would be pretty comfortable. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend It should be noticed that the settlers in this instance were not of a class fitted to encounter the privations of the wilderness, being half-pay officers. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Soon after the establishment of this fund, Lieutenant George Crow generously resigned his half-pay for the use of this charity, stating that he had a competency to live on. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The superior authorities of Gap had retired at his approach: he had to receive the congratulations only of the mayor, the municipal council, and the half-pay officers. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I You recollect that you are now provided for for life, and will have half-pay.” Peter Simple Expensive in his habits and ideas, longing for competence, while he vegetated on half-pay, he was now looking out for a matrimonial speculation. The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook As the years passed by, the Province became the resort of numerous office-seekers from beyond sea—half-pay officers and scions of good English, Scotch and Irish families, who sought to better their fortunes by expatriation. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The king granted half-pay to several captains in the navy, according to the rates they commanded, as a gratuity for their bravery during the war. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 You must also talk a little about your half-pay and your widow’s pension.” Percival Keene It appears that the owner of the cottage was a half-pay lieutenant in the army, who had sold out on account of his wounds. Peter Simple “He is a major in the army, sir—now on half-pay.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook “Humph, brother! for a half-pay lieutenant that appears rather an expensive whim!—bad enough to maintain children of our own begetting.” Newton Forster The Merchant Service In the same year the masters in the navy received an increase of half-pay, and their position was otherwise improved. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 At all events it has saved my old governor ten pounds, which he can ill afford, as a colonel on half-pay.” Mr. Midshipman Easy Plenty of passengers she had, but only clerks, naboobs, old half-pay fellows, and ladies, not to speak o' children and nurses, black and white. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. As for the condition of pensioned teachers and professors and officers, of the half-pay widows and the incapacitated of the war, it is a shame to all European ideals. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 He had picked up a fair share of prize-money, otherwise his half-pay of ninety pounds a year was not much on which to support a wife and to keep up the appearance of a gentleman. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days “A midshipman’s half-pay for a week and a day, unless the wind shifts or moderates,” I answered. Hurricane Hurry So you would, sir, but I’ll explain that—she thinks I’m in London about my half-pay. Mr. Midshipman Easy “But I shall have a hundred and twenty pounds full pay, and ninety pounds a year half-pay,” I answered; “I know all about it, I can tell you.” Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures “I’d give the whole of my half-pay for a year, and all the fortune you’re ever likely to leave me, to have her within range of our guns for ten minutes.” The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea About this time the brigade was joined by Captain Oliver Jones, RN, on half-pay, as a volunteer, who did good service on various occasions. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign “But then, remember that he is a half-pay navy lieutenant, and that his paternal estate is in the Encumbered Estate Court.” The Three Lieutenants We have no money to spare for speculating, and I don’t think an old Indian cavalry officer on half-pay is quite the man to attempt such a thing.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Do you happen to know what a midshipman’s half-pay is? Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures You are new to this place, and you have been coming the stuck-up on the strength of your father being a poor half-pay Company’s colonel. Glyn Severn's Schooldays I know many, many worthy families, who live well with their pensions or their half-pay. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 So his pension or half-pay allowance was made the very lowest his rank would permit; for these allowances were regulated by the king himself. Amos Huntingdon My dear boy, I never knew an officer on half-pay who did not want money.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea I myself only took up natural history, gathering the little knowledge I possess, after I was put on half-pay. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel The son of Major James Gray, a half-pay British Officer, he studied law in Canada. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 My father was an officer of the royal navy, who found it a hard thing, with an increasing family, to make both ends meet in the mother country on his half-pay. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Edward Damerell, senior, it may be as well to mention, was a naval lieutenant, retired upon half-pay. The Missing Merchantman He therefore gave her the commission of a sergeant and recommended that her name be placed on the list of half-pay officers for life. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year At the beginning of the Rebellion, Lord Charles was an officer on half-pay in the British service; he quickly joined the insurgent army, and obtained the command of a regiment. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. While suffering from illness the men receive half-pay, but should they be laid up by an accident met with in the course of their work full salary is invariably awarded to them. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines “The poor gentleman” is Lieutenant Worthington, discharged from the army on half-pay because his arm had been crushed by a shell in storming Gibraltar. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 They should not be degraded with half-pay, and only two or three ways to get a living, just because they were made to be women. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. I was a major after Waterloo; the Bourbons put me aside on half-pay. The Man With The Broken Ear To-day it is a suburb, a lung, of London; the rapid recuperator of Londoners with whom the pace has been too severe; the Mecca of day-excursionists, the steady friend of invalids and half-pay officers. Highways and Byways in Sussex To show I don't carry any grouch, I says I will; but he offers only half-pay and makes me agree to split the tips with him. Torchy On his half-pay he had to support himself, his daughter Emily, an old corporal and a maiden sister-in-law. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 She can not get more than half-pay for her labor. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. An officer of the navy being asked what Burke meant by the "Cheap defence of nations," replied, "A midshipman's half-pay,—nothing a-day and find yourself." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings General Washington also recommended that she be given a soldier's half-pay for life, as a reward for her faithful performance of a man's duty at the battle of Monmouth. Ten American Girls From History As a consequence of peace," said Colonel Percy in conclusion, "a large part of our force will be disbanded, and many officers put on half-pay. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Captain Shandy was wounded at Namur, and retired on half-pay. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 For this reason, government commenced the military road between Barrie and Penetanguishene, and settled it with pensioned soldiers, and also settled naval and military retired or half-pay officers all round Lake Simcoe. Canada and the Canadians Volume I Peace had led to the pensioning of militia officers, or reducing to half-pay of the juniors. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Wounded at the battle of Toulouse, by a musket-ball penetrating his right shoulder, and otherwise debilitated, he retired from active service on half-pay, and with a pension for his wound. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Sometimes they give it, under pretext of gratuities, to officers on half-pay, thus obliging the inhabitants to buy space at excessive prices. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Well, we are all permanently shelved upon the world's half-pay list as it is. The Four Feathers A stranger would have taken the Count for a half-pay officer of good birth in straitened circumstances. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance He was entitled to half-pay as a Lieutenant of the West Norfolk Militia, and this he settled upon his mother during his absence. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends As a supernumerary he was ordered to a depot, where he would receive lieutenant's half-pay until his services were required. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Members of the liberal professions, half-pay officers, and some others, are exempted from the money qualification. Roumania Past and Present Among the more zealous hastening after Brock were Judge Ralph Clench and a few old half-pay officers of His Majesty's service, who hurried to Queenston to range themselves in the ranks of the volunteers. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 Clergymen, may be, or lawyers from town, or half-pay officers, or widows with only a jointure; and what good can such people do to anybody? Memoir of Jane Austen Later he served in Egypt, and when, through ill-health, he retired in 1843 on half-pay, he lived for some years in Portugal. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Once again, recourse was had to the half-pay Colonel in Kent! Sir John French An Authentic Biography She had just his half-pay to live on—it amounted to about a pound a week. Tales Of Hearsay He was a captain whom ill-health and long service had entitled to half-pay. Successful Recitations If you men will take half-pay in cash and half in promises, the promised half to be paid when we can sell the stacked pig, we go on. The Quickening Beatson had been an officer of the Engineers, but had retired on half-pay in 1766 and become an agriculturist in his native county. Life of Adam Smith For some time back they have been taken from the half-pay list and the educated classes. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. With the sale he renounced all claim to half-pay, pension, or other consideration for past services and the sum he received was, therefore,Pg 92 no very great final reward for his long services. A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 It was a climb, and my half-pay leg didn't like the look of it. Poison Island A regular stream of half-pay officers also poured into the colony, and made Sir George's life a burden. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned There's some difference between him and a beggarly half-pay Colonel who will very likely have to black the boots to work out his bill. The Passenger from Calais Instead of that, you see, there was half a dozen fierce-looking whiskered fellows, and three or four half-pay officers, that were nearer making off than the ladies. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Young man," spoke Mr. Stirling with affected sternness, but a twinkling in his eye, "you take your half-pay, make tracks, enjoy yourself, and don't worry about a trifle of a dollar or two. Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent Only a few close friends knew how his half-pay was invested. A Splendid Hazard So now his creditors resolved To seize on his assets; For why,—they found that his half-pay Did not half pay his debts. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood In this miserable and helpless condition he was conveyed to England, and a memorial of his case presented to a board; but nothing more than half-pay could be obtained. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection "And all this for the penniless daughter of a half-pay captain; and Lady Louise might have been his wife." The Baronet's Bride After this my father was wounded in India, and got his discharge and his half-pay. Gladys, the Reaper There remained perhaps ten of the old war-crew, and among them every Christmas the admiral's half-pay was divided. A Splendid Hazard Their half-pay would not exceed thirty shillings per month, and they had much to do with it, besides providing white stockings and a suitable rig to grace the occasion. Windjammers and Sea Tramps He was buried, while little Rupert and Rupert's mother looked on, in that untidy corner of the Boulogne Cemetery, where many another English half-pay officer had been laid before him. Tell England A Study in a Generation "For the pauper half-pay officer's bold-faced daughter we must drag out our lives in this horrible place!" she burst out, bitterly. The Baronet's Bride As soon as he thought himself in a place of security, he ordered back the escort, retaining only along with himself and family sixty-two half-pay officers and three Franciscan friars. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Just over my head was a jerky croak of a snore, sounding at intervals of half a minute, as if it had retired on half-pay and longed to get back into active service. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 The sailors' wives, mothers, or sweethearts always celebrated half-pay day by wearing white stockings and by carrying their skirts discreetly high enough so that it might be observed. Windjammers and Sea Tramps And, for years after, she used at evening time to draw young Rupert against her knees, and tell him the traditional stories of that old half-pay officer at Boulogne. Tell England A Study in a Generation The half-pay Indian officer's poverty was visible everywhere—in the time-worn furniture, the neglected grounds, the empty stables, and the meager staff of old-time servants. The Baronet's Bride She had been married, soon after the marriage of my mother, to one Colonel MacLeod, a middle-aged officer on half-pay, a widower, a Belfast Irishman, and a tavern companion of my maternal grandfather. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill It was, moreover, clearly left to my own option to continue in the service or to quit it on half-pay, on the termination of the war of independence. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 The local battalions were in many cases commanded by retired or half-pay officers of the regular army. Ulster's Stand For Union As soon, however, as peace was proclaimed, he retired on half-pay, and, with his wife and daughter, emigrated to Oceania. Willis the Pilot But if he gives the princes a wide berth, bows hastily and glances furtively at them, and runs by skittishly, then you may know that he is some half-pay colonel or insignificant civil servant. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 At the end of that time, if they wish to retire they can do so and receive half-pay for the rest of their lives. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life They settled in the Isle of Wight, on his half-pay, and harassed by a good many debts. Lady Rose's Daughter You know we are not a rich parish—the wool all goes to Manchester now, and the factory-hands are on half-pay and times are scarce. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women And this active pursuit of knowledge was carried on without any pecuniary assistance beyond his half-pay. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Another entrance and staircase are provided for it, and in that way all of British society, from a duke to a half-pay captain, gains admittance to the sovereign. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Q. Is it not also sad that Officers who accept half-pay should be called upon to serve in the Auxiliary Forces? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 4, 1891 Even the half-pay officer, so long the hero of the club, was soon silenced by him; and the quiet burghers stared with wonder at seeing their inflammable man of war so readily and quietly extinguished. Tales of a Traveller The cheap and good education attainable as a matter of right in this borough, have rendered it a favourite resort of half-pay officers and unbeneficed clergymen, blessed with large families. Rides on Railways No, sir, there's no one can say a word against Tobias, except that he's a half-pay old fool with more heart than brains. The Firm of Girdlestone It appears that the owner of the cottage was a half-pay lieutenant in the army, who had sold-out on account of his wounds. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 On leave, or half-pay, he "mounts mustaches," to help the hussar and light-dragoon idea, or to delude the ignorant into a belief that he may possibly belong to the household cavalry. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 Here the half-pay officer, who was growing very muzzy and sleepy, and nodding over his liquor, with half-extinguished eye, suddenly gleamed up like an expiring rushlight. Tales of a Traveller "Humph, brother! for a half-pay lieutenant, that appears rather an expensive whim!—bad enough to maintain children of our own begetting." Newton Forster But I perceive from my books that you have been drawing half-pay during the whole eight months. The Firm of Girdlestone This final consummation of his work, in addition to the passage by Congress of the half-pay commutation and the settlement of the army accounts, filled Washington with deep rejoicing. George Washington, Volume I Read the memoranda in the old hut, which I have placed on half-pay. The Man Who Laughs "What, are they at their works again?" said an English half-pay captain, with one eye, who was a frequent attendant at the inn. Tales of a Traveller His wound was of that severe description that he was obliged to quit the service, and, for a time, retire upon his half-pay. Newton Forster He wound up by flattering himself that he should wind up with the savings of his mother, his half-pay, the widow's guilders, and his own property,--altogether it would be pretty comfortable. Snarleyyow This time Congress listened, and the measures granting half-pay in commutation and certain other requests were passed. George Washington, Volume I Between three and four this afternoon, we crossed the equinoctial line, at which time I took an affidavit before Captain Owen for my half-pay. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 "What do I know?" echoed the half-pay officer; "why, I was in London at the time of his trial, aye, and I had the pleasure of seeing him hanged at Execution Dock." Tales of a Traveller His wants were few, and his half-pay more than adequate to supply them. Newton Forster Half pay in African and Asiatic colonies may accumulate for twelve years' service—i.e. twenty-four months' half-pay leave. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) "You must appeal to their interest as well as to their patriotism," he wrote, "and you must give them half-pay and full pay in proper measure." George Washington, Volume I Buonaparte declined this mission, because he preferred remaining in the artillery service, and, for that reason, the government of the republic relieved him of his duties and put him on half-pay. Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era The half-pay officer was a man of great weight among the peaceable members of the club, by reason of his military character, and of the gunpowder scenes which, by his own account, he had witnessed. Tales of a Traveller The officers of the Loyalist regiments were put on half-pay; and there is evidence that many were allowed thus to rank as half-pay officers who had no real claim to the title. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration I know how to deal with that sort of thing—half-pay and a double tale of copy—that's the ticket. Mr. Meeson's Will In short, every captain bearing the king's commission, every half-pay officer, or others, appearing with such a commission, would rank before me.... George Washington, Volume I Gilbert Fenton wondered which of these was the habitation of Captain Sedgewick, concluding that the half-pay officer and his niece must needs live in one of them. Fenton's Quest If they work as well on half-pay, it diminishes the inducement to give them the other half. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 What little there was came in pay to the soldiers or the half-pay officers. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration It contains a "lady," who married a poor half-pay lieutenant, and who now drinks tea that would cost in England twenty shillings the pound. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 All they'll have to divide between them soon, at the rate he's going, will be his half-pay. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace The amount of any half-pay or pension which the applicant may receive from Government, will also be considered as so much capital. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 368, May 2, 1829 The splendid apartments occupied by the count, his unlimited expenditure, the beauty of his carriages and horses, all showed Jack the difference between a great Russian seigneur and a lieutenant on half-pay. Jack Archer But he paid a compliment to the half-pay officers. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration There I was told lives a long-nosed Englishman, a half-pay officer, with two wives, sisters, each the mother of a numerous offspring. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America His pensions for his victories, and for the loss of his eye and arm, amounted with his half-pay to about L3400 a-year. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson So spake the stern First Lord aloud—He was a wag, though very proud,And much rejoiced to say,“You’re only half a captain now—And so, my worthy friend, I vowYou’ll only get half-pay!” More Bab Ballads This being a central quarter, he quickly made a very large connection; and on levee days, was sometimes known to have as many as twenty half-pay officers waiting their turn for polishing. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty Comparatively few of the half-pay officers settled above Montreal before 1791; and most of these were, as Haldimand said, 'mechanics, only removed from one situation to practise their trade in another.' The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration Mr Inspector, in a dark-blue buttoned-up frock coat and pantaloons, presented a serviceable, half-pay, Royal Arms kind of appearance, as he applied his pocket handkerchief to his nose and bowed to the lady. Our Mutual Friend He is an old naval officer on half-pay, and his bluff and unceremonious behaviour disturbs the old lady’s domestic economy, not a little. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people When he was a half-pay lieutenant, young Bonaparte was very fond of the "Lives of Famous Men" which Plutarch, the Roman historian, had written. The Story of Mankind When I am old and broken, I will go on half-pay, and my old sisters shall scold me. Vanity Fair In Upper Canada, owing to the difficulty of obtaining building materials, the houses of the half-pay officers were even less pretentious. The United Empire Loyalists : A Chronicle of the Great Migration I am now a captain on half-pay in the service of Donna Isabel; as for my business here, it is to speak with you. The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain His great opponent in public life is Captain Purday, the old naval officer on half-pay, to whom we have already introduced our readers. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people A Captain J. Alexander, half-pay R. N., declared that he had won as much as L700 at a time, having, however, to pay half to another partner; his winnings might be L1600 a-year. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) As a first step she had made Crawley sell out of the Guards and go on half-pay. Vanity Fair The navy pay division includes the full and half-pay branch and a registry section. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 My half-pay I have given up to satisfy my creditors, and my child supports me by her industry: sometimes by fine needlework, sometimes by painting. Charlotte Temple The Restoration had placed him on half-pay, then had sent him into residence, that is to say, under surveillance, at Vernon. Les Misérables Upon the close of the war, the Rangers were disbanded, the officers being placed on the half-pay list. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 Quite a number of half-pay or retired officers had come to live there with their families, finding Jersey overcrowded and desiring to practise economy. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 When that regiment was disbanded in 1783 he retired upon half-pay. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Settle was his brother laureate—only, indeed, upon half-pay, for the city instead of the court; but equally famous for unintelligible flights in his poems on public occasions, such as shows, birth-days, &c.; The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 He had nothing save his meagre half-pay as chief of squadron. Les Misérables Her establishment was not only diminished, but her servants reduced to half-pay. Handel She might have held her own against the shabby half-pay captain's daughter, but Sir Vernon Palliser's first cousin was quite a different person. The Golden Calf He was, at that time, a half-pay subaltern in the British army, and visited Paris, as well from motives of economy as from a desire of acquiring the French language. Paris as It Was and as It Is "I've a strong notion that that old man didn't treat his daughter too well," thought Robert, as he watched the half-pay lieutenant. Lady Audley's Secret Captain Duncan had retired from the army, changing his career from one of a chartered to an unchartered uselessness, and he herded with tarnished aristocracy and half-pay failures in the smoking-rooms of Continental clubs. The Last Hope The Ras was put on "half-pay," and a new commandant, Bitwaddad Hassanié, sent to take over the charge, while the garrison was reinforced by some 400 musketeers. Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People As if Captain Palliser, living upon his half-pay, and the occasional benefactions of a rich kinsman, could by any possibility object to a match that would make his daughter mistress of Wendover Abbey! The Golden Calf They are all in the regiment, and although they are upon what is called half-pay, yet they belong to the regiment, and are always in the expectancy of being called into active service again. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 George was relieved at this, though it puzzled him to know where the drunken half-pay lieutenant could have contrived to find money for all the expenses of his daughter's illness. Lady Audley's Secret O'Shaughnessy, on half-pay, wanders about the Continent, passing his summers on the Rhine, his winters at Florence or Geneva. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 The day after this fight Terence received a letter from Mary, saying that General Hill had arrived before they reached Lisbon, and that Don Jose had learned that Major O'Connor had retired on half-pay. With Moore at Corunna It suits them, and it's cheap—a paramount consideration with a poor devil on half-pay; and in the season there are some of the best people in Europe to be seen at the établissement.' The Golden Calf This was still more true in New York, than in the country generally; and a half-pay English Major was a species of nobleman among the better sort of Manhattanese of that day. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Presently he turned suddenly upon the half-pay lieutenant with a dark solemnity in his handsome face. Lady Audley's Secret Isn't it the sweet creatures that make fools of us from Father Adam down to Maurice Quill, neither sparing age nor rank in the service, half-pay nor the veteran battalion—it's all one? Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 I told him that he was not, having gone on half-pay for the present on account of a wound. With Moore at Corunna Captain Duncan had retired from the army, changing career from one of a chartered to an unchartered uselessness, and he herded with tarnished aristocracy and half-pay failures in the smoking-rooms of Continental clubs. The Last Hope "In the first place, Major Merton is a half-pay officer in the British service, who has been appointed to some civil station in India"—I answered, gallantly. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale "Do you remember a lieutenant in the navy, on half-pay, I believe, at that time, called Maldon?" Lady Audley's Secret The fellow who acted such a cowardly and diabolical part, was a general in the English army, of the name of C—-y, who was then on half-pay, and living at Pendleton. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 In England there are hundreds of widows of half-pay officers—well-born, well-trained, well-educated women—who can be hired for money, as was Mrs. General, to play this part. Manners and Social Usages The dispositions manifested by Congress itself were so unfriendly to the half-pay establishment as to extinguish the hope that any funds the government might acquire would be applied to that object. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched "Curse me, what is the world come to, with your printers, and your half-pay ensigns, and your schoolmasters, and your infernal nonsense?" The Virginians Ay! my commission to a half-pay ensigncy, that some of these lazy fellows, who must have a four-legged beast to carry them to the wars, have heard of the 'south side.' The Pilot England, half-pay and all its attendant horrors, loomed in the near future, and economy had to be practised somehow. The Native Born or, the Rajah's People The major —for among themselves Bonapartists recognized the grades obtained in 1815—thus lost the pittance called half-pay which was allowed to the officers of the army of the Loire. The Celibates He was still bothering Lords and Secretaries of the Admiralty for further promotion, when he was astounded by being informed by the Port-Admiral that he was to be made happy by half-pay and a pension. The Three Clerks Fancy liking to walk three miles, now, to dine with Jones and drink his half-pay port! The Virginians Lady Julia, we are led to believe, had retired upon half-pay, and into an inglorious exile at Brussels, with her sister, the outlaw's wife, by whose bankrupt fireside she was perfectly happy. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Throughout the period of detention Flinders was placed on half-pay by the Admiralty. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders "How much do you think a Major on half-pay can save?" he asked. The History of Pendennis His half-pay of course died with him, and young Tudor was literally destitute. The Three Clerks He is a prince in his own country, and can't think of marrying a poor half-pay officer's daughter, with twopence to her fortune. The Virginians This was Major Hockin, an officer of the British army, now on half-pay, and getting on in years. Erema — My Father's Sin I am a lieutenant on half-pay in the English navy, and, having nothing to do at home, came out with my brother for a year's sport. The Treasure of the Incas I could go on with the fiddle, and the General live on his half-pay. The History of Pendennis And when he had served his time in the army, he thought he would retire on half-pay--an old colonel, perhaps--and come back to live there. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Only the looks of the half-pay officers betrayed their anxiety. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction He determined therefore to retire on half-pay at the age of twenty-three, and become a London bookseller! A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Fancy a half-pay lieutenant with two hundred thousand pounds! The Treasure of the Incas It is well known what joy the news of Bonaparte's sudden return from Elba created among crowds of British naval officers, who had previously been expecting to be sent ashore on half-pay. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War His friends were surprised to find he had laid by three thousand pounds, which had been saved chiefly out of his half-pay. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives Immediately all the half-pay officers took up the cry, and "Vive l'Empereur!" was repeated again by the very soldiers posted outside the town hall when they heard the shout. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction We were quartered in a stupid seaport town, where my pet lived with her shabby old father--a half-pay naval man. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction We had a dish of tea at Dr. Macleod's, who had a pretty good house, where was his brother, a half-pay officer. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) In its very embers and smoulderings, they nourish that fatal fire, and half-pay officers, as the priests of Mars, yet guard the temple, though no god be there. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War "And yet you tell me, arms and ammunition are seized all over the land; that several old half-pay officers of the king have been arrested, and put under a sort of parole!" Wyandotte Miss Bridget having been asked in marriage by one Captain Blifil, a half-pay officer, and the nuptials duly celebrated, Mrs. Blifil was in course of time delivered of a fine boy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction "I understood at the time, from one of the servants, that he is a nephew of Sir Edgar Egerton, and a lieutenant-colonel on half-pay, or furlough, or some such thing." Precaution These are they who have voluntarily resigned their commissions for the sake of half-pay, and have preferred indolence and retreat to the service of their country. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I He whom I mean was a retired half-pay officer, with a wife and two grown-up daughters, whom he maintained with the port and notions of gentlewomen upon that slender professional allowance. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia He was really the son of a half-pay Colonel, of good family, who had been sent to Eton to acquire an education. Boys and girls from Thackeray So now it was that I was a married man with children, and the half-pay of a lieutenant. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction But they had been disbanded like mere militia afterwards, without either gratuities or half-pay for the officers. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton Samuel, Edgar adds, is now a half-pay lieutenant in French service, at Dunkirk. Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles For this exhibition of temper he was superseded and kept on the half-pay list for some six years. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore They would be true to her, but they would not take the half-pay. Army Life in a Black Regiment She and her husband gave a loose to vulgar excess, in which they were enabled to indulge by the charity and interest of some friends, who obtained half-pay for the captain. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Precisely at this critical moment it happened that an old half-pay officer passed, recognised the emperor, and saluted him. The Caesars The veteran of the Revolutionary War carried his half-pay certificate to the money-lender, glad to get even five shillings in the pound for it. The United States of America, Part 1 So you would, sir, but I'll explain that—she thinks I'm in London about my half-pay. Mr. Midshipman Easy Among my black soldiers, with half-pay and no bounty, not a family receives any aid. Army Life in a Black Regiment The captain is scrupulously honest in all his dealings, and pays off his debts punctually every quarter, as soon as he receives his half-pay. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves He hopes also to arrange for receiving here his half-pay, when sickness or affairs or accident may prevent his crossing the Channel. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 "I am on half-pay, my good Bourdin; here I am on an allowance." Mysteries of Paris, V3 Hunting was out of the question, for the stomach of a horse by no means agrees with the half-pay establishment. The Monastery My parishioners were the squire, a half-pay captain in the army, a retired custom-house surveyor who was supposed to be the illegitimate son of a member of parliament, and the surrounding farmers and labourers. More Pages from a Journal We had a dish of tea at Dr Macleod's, who had a pretty good house, where was his brother, a half-pay officer. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. The settlement of my claim of half-pay is anything but advanced. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Adrift—on shore—after ten years' service—and with a poor woman and four children six thousand miles off depending on my half-pay for every mouthful they ate. Lord Jim I can at pleasure cut off your annuity, strike your name from the half-pay establishment, nay, actually put you to death, without being answerable to any one. The Monastery I would therefore respectfully submit that, under these circumstances, my request to be permitted to remain on half-pay until the completion of the publication of the results of some years' toil is not wholly unreasonable. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Then, the expense has been enormous; two hundred thousand pounds! chiefly by employing young captains, instead of old half-pay officers; and by these means, double commissions. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Her husband, disappointed in the hopes suggested by his friends, of his receiving employment as French commercial consul in London, directed his efforts to obtaining his half-pay on the retired list of French officers. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 As long as Captain N—- retained his half-pay, he contrived to exist. Roughing It in the Bush I say," said I, "that you Croesuses make a half-pay Major of Artillery's head reel. The Red Planet He was a lieutenant, and is now broke, and upon half-pay. The Journal to Stella If they were not actually at sea they would receive half-pay, and might be employed in works about the yards, stores, and navy, to keep all things in repair. An Essay Upon Projects The establishment of peace determined M. d'Arblay to revisit France, and to endeavour to obtain from the First Consul the half-pay pension to which his former services in the army had entitled him. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 An intimation from the War-office appeared in all the newspapers, calling on half-pay officers either to sell their commissions or to hold themselves in readiness to join some regiment. Roughing It in the Bush Sometimes we lounged on the floor of ferns, smoking, and telling stories; of which the doctor had as many as a half-pay captain in the army. Omoo His regiment will be broke, and he only upon half-pay; so perhaps he thinks he will want me again. The Journal to Stella A colonel, on half-pay, in the British service, having lost every farthing that he possessed, determined to destroy himself, together with all those who were instrumental in his ruin. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow That, together with his half-pay, and the interest of his wife's thousand pounds, sufficed to educate his children and keep the wolf at a comfortable distance from his door. The Mistletoe Bough Mr. S—- had secured for me a portion of the military grant of four hundred acres, which I was entitled to as a half-pay officer, in his immediate neighbourhood. Roughing It in the Bush Do you always get a half-pay ticket?-Yes, Second Shetland Truck System Report Mr. Walker had shrugged his shoulders and expressed a confident belief that Major Grantly had not a shilling of his own beyond his half-pay and his late wife's fortune, which was only six thousand pounds. The Last Chronicle of Barset The officers had been promised half-pay for life, but nothing definite had been done toward carrying out the promise. The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union Are there not hoary-headed midshipmen, antique ensigns growing mouldy upon fifty years' half-pay? The Fitz-Boodle Papers Besides these, few free grants of land were made by the British Government, except those made to half-pay officers of the army and navy, and of course there was a rapid rise in their value. Roughing It in the Bush And he was to draw the money on your half-pay allotment ticket?-Yes; Second Shetland Truck System Report The Major is on half-pay, and occupies a modest apartment au quatri�me, in the very hotel which Pogson had patronized at my suggestion; indeed, I had chosen it from Major British's own peculiar recommendation. The Paris Sketch Book No, colonel, they have put me on half-pay, because I was at Waterloo, probably, and because I am Napoleon's fellow-countryman. Colomba Four days later the House resolved to grant half-pay to the disbanded officers till they should be otherwise provided for. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 The latter, who like myself, was a half-pay officer, had purchased a lot of wild land, close to the farm occupied by S—-. Roughing It in the Bush "And who is this doughty witness, pray, sir?" said Sir Robert,—"some half-pay quarter-master or sergeant, I suppose?" Guy Mannering We departed: poor Sam perfectly silent and chapfallen; and I meditating on the wisdom of the half-pay philosopher, and wondering what means he would employ to rescue Pogson from his fate. The Paris Sketch Book And I too," he said good-humouredly, "have been put on half-pay, but your half-pay can hardly give you enough to buy tobacco! Colomba The half-pay was meant to be a retainer as well as a reward. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 They collect together their gangs of roughs, five or six thousand terrorists from Paris and the departments, and two thousand officers awaiting orders or on half-pay. The French Revolution - Volume 3 They all agreed to take half-pay until they too had learned to work; and we found no scarcity of labour, though all that could be exported is now out of the country. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 The half-pay of Major Sutherland was gone, of course; and all that remained for Mrs. Sutherland was a small annuity, secured by her husband's payments to a certain fund for the use of officers' widows. David Elginbrod When Major Effingham yielded to the claims of age, he retired with dignity, refusing his half-pay or any other compensation for services that he felt he could no longer perform. The Pioneers Besides his half-pay, amounting to two and forty pounds a year, this indefatigable oeconomist has amassed eight hundred pounds, which he has secured in the funds. The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Will so many retired generals consent to live on half-pay, indolent and obedient? The French Revolution - Volume 3 Was it fair, was it honorable, that a half-pay surgeon should take such advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought about? The Sign of the Four You are a half-pay officer, and are at leisure to command the garrison: but where is the castle? and who is to furnish the commissariat? Crotchet Castle Even the half-pay officer, so long the hero of the club, was soon silenced by him, and the quiet burghers stared with wonder at seeing their inflammable man of war so readily and quietly extinguished. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American So I retired on half-pay, and took this cottage; and in case any practice should fall in my way—why, there is my name on the brass plate, and I'm ready for anything that comes. Men's Wives But being placed on half-pay at the end of the war, Ensign Macshane took to evil courses; and, frequenting the bagnios and dice-houses, was speedily brought to ruin. Catherine: a Story It was that of the furious half-pay captain and late shareholder, Captain Sparr. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond It's odd, isn't it, to think how much depends on this half-pay officer's decision? Armadale "Fiddlestick with your Dutchmen!" cried the half-pay officer. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American Julia went there at Christmas two years ago, and met there a half-pay major of marines, to whom she became engaged. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes In 1816 a young commercial traveler named Gaudissart, who frequented the Cafe David, sat drinking from eleven o'clock till midnight with a half-pay officer. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Old Lieutenant Smith had likewise nothing but his half-pay and his rheumatism; so we were, in fact, quite friendless. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond Perhaps all that gay circle are gone and the Lady Jane only lives now in the memory of an old half-pay French brigadier. The Adventures of Gerard "What! are they at their works again?" said an English half-pay captain, with one eye, who was a very frequent attendant at the inn. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American His regular income consists in his half-pay as a retired brevet officer in the patriot service of Garibaldi of the year 1859. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Don't be alarmed; I am not going to tell you that I am the daughter of a colonel on half-pay, and that I was brought up at Saint-Denis. Camille When Napoleon I fell from power, the Restoration placed a certain number of officers on half-pay. The Crystal Stopper The count recognized the wife of some poor, half-pay captain, a puritan, subscribing no doubt to the "Courrier Francais," earnest in virtue, but aware of the comfort of a good situation and eagerly coveting it. A Start in Life "What do I know?" echoed the half-pay officer. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American The major—for among themselves Bonapartists recognized the grades obtained in 1815—thus lost the pittance called half-pay which was allowed to the officers of the army of the Loire. The Two Brothers Ned Williams was a half-pay lieutenant of dragoons, with literary and artistic tastes, and his wife, Jane, had a sweet, engaging manner, and a good singing voice. Shelley The guard had long since been moved elsewhere, but the payment for wine in the Red Room continued, the money being received by a half-pay officer who held the sinecure position of under-butler. Queen Victoria Lloyd’s posted the Loughbank as missing, and the owners ceased the monthly remittance of Samuel’s half-pay to his wife. The Strength of the Strong Here the half-pay officer, who was growing very muzzy and sleepy, and nodding over his liquor, with half-extinguished eye, suddenly gleamed up like an expiring rush-light. 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