England militia (Sergeant pp. 212–13). Lamb of the Ninth, manifesto justifying his reworking of works Graves’s Lamb’s takes the form of the clever and decorously fictional ‘Roger Note of in December Lamb’s Explanation’, supposedly produced 1814 as a preface to this of the (Sergeant ‘rewrite’ ‘original story’ p. his Lamb of the Ninth, 7). Here ‘Lamb’ professes ‘vexations and (p. 5) over his to divide disappointments’ publisher’s decision that story into first the which he would include the Journal, ‘in more general and striking parts and fat it up with extracts […] drawn from dependable works of travel and (p. 6), and biography’ then the turned into sad hotch-potch of religious Memoir, ‘a sentiment and (p. 7) by hackney writer, irrelevant anecdote’ ‘a some hedge-parson or other, who could strike the note of contrition that the middling public would (p. 6). His heed’ damning critique of works aside, case for the Lamb’s Graves’s significance of his project rests on the achievements of the British soldier. His narrator argues that the present hostilities with France would greatly favour the book, as calling attention to the thankless heroism once displayed in America by the same regiments then triumphantly engaged under Lord Wellington in the Spanish Peninsula. (Sergeant p. 5) Lamb of the Ninth, More specifically, his rhetoric hinges on those markers of the trade the details of his uniform that signify tradition, soldier’s – – comradeship and unit pride: I asked this question of old is it, sir, Mr Courtney: ‘When that old campaigners speak most earnestly about the hazards, fatigues, triumphs, and frolics that they have lived through in the same breath) together?’ ‘It is’ (I informed him a new war is in progress and when the regiments ‘when whose badges and facings they once wore are again hotly (Sergeant p. 6) Lamb of the Ninth, engaged.’
England militia (Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth, pp. 212–13). Graves’s manifesto justifying his reworking of Lamb’s works takes the form of the clever and decorously fictional ‘Roger Lamb’s Note of Explanation’, supposedly produced in December 1814 as a preface to this ‘rewrite’ of the ‘original story’ (Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth, p. 7). Here ‘Lamb’ professes his ‘vexations and disappointments’ (p. 5) over his publisher’s decision to divide that story into first the Journal, ‘in which he would include the more general and striking parts […] and fat it up with extracts drawn from dependable works of travel and biography’ (p. 6), and then the Memoir, turned into ‘a sad hotch-potch of religious sentiment and irrelevant anecdote’ (p. 7) by ‘a hackney writer, some hedge-parson or other, who could strike the note of contrition that the middling public would heed’ (p. 6). His damning critique of Lamb’s works aside, Graves’s case for the significance of his project rests on the achievements of the British soldier. His narrator argues that the present hostilities with France would greatly favour the book, as calling attention to the thankless heroism once displayed in America by the same regiments then triumphantly engaged under Lord Wellington in the Spanish Peninsula. (Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth, p. 5) More specifically, his rhetoric hinges on those markers of the soldier’s trade – the details of his uniform – that signify tradition, comradeship and unit pride: I asked this question of old Mr Courtney: ‘When is it, sir, that old campaigners speak most earnestly about the hazards, fatigues, triumphs, and frolics that they have lived through together?’ ‘It is’ (I informed him in the same breath) ‘when a new war is in progress and when the regiments whose badges and facings they once wore are again hotly engaged.’ (Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth, p. 6)
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