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A shilling of George III, king at the turn of the 19th century.. The King's shilling, sometimes called the Queen's shilling when the Sovereign is female, [1] is a historical slang term referring to the earnest payment of one shilling given to recruits to the armed forces of the United Kingdom in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although the practice dates back to the end of the English Civil ...
Gold is for the mistress - silver for the maid" - Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade! " " Good! " said the Baron, sitting in his hall, But Iron - Cold Iron - is master of them all." So he made rebellion 'gainst the King his liege, Camped before his citadel and summoned it to siege. " Nay! " said the cannoneer on the castle wall,
The artefacts are then placed in 'The Sea Cabinet', and every one sings with the memory of a secret sea-set story – the victory of a Fishguard [nb 1] cobbler's wife, a jaded seaside hotel, a sunken chapel, the shifting sands of wartime Alderney, the dangerous allure of the King's Shilling, [nb 2] the loves and the losses and the stars and the ...
But on Saturday I'm willing if you'll only take the shilling To make a man of any one of you. I teach the tenderfoot to face the powder That gives an added lustre to my skin And I show the raw recruit how to give a chaste salute So when I'm presenting arms, he's falling in It makes you almost proud to be a woman When you make a strapping ...
A national study discovered that teens in the United States consumed significantly less alcohol and drugs in 2024 compared to past years. Teen alcohol use has steadily decreased from 2000 to 2024 ...
A version of the lyrics by George Farquhar for his play The Recruiting Officer from 1706: [3] Our 'prentice Tom may now refuse To wipe his scoundrel master's shoes, For now he's free to sing and play Over the hills and far away. Chorus Over the hills and over the main, To Flanders, Portugal, or Spain; The king commands and we'll obey,
Dawson City, located in Yukon Territory, elected Stephen Johnson as its next mayor last month, alongside a new council whose members have thus far refused to take the King's oath. Until they do ...
Investors are focused on the potential extension of the stock market's bull rally heading into 2025. Wall Street experts highlighted the most important stock market charts to watch into next year.