MISERICORDE n. A dagger ordtak

en MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.
  Ambrose Bierce

en The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin

en It's a different song when everything's wrong, when you're feeling infernally mortal; when it's ten against one, and hope there is none, buck up, little soldier, and chortle.
  Robert Service

en Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.

en I don't think I could be a foot soldier. I don't know if I could take orders too good. I'm a little lazy.

en You're going to see it with reintegration as well. Just because we recover a Soldier, it doesn't stop there; when that Soldier comes home and goes through his rear detachment the personnel recovery mechanism is still doing a bunch of things to help reintegrate that Soldier, ... To make sure that he's taken care of.

en In modern warfare, however, even a strong defense requires strike warfare and offensive options.

en It has a kind of artsy, flamboyant look to it. Now it's taking traditional design and going over the edge with it. Instead of a skull with a dagger through it, you'll see an exploding skull with a dagger through it.

en It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.

en It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.

en One of the popular misconceptions about us is that we sing mediaeval music, but in actual fact the majority of the music is our own original compositions that we set using mediaeval texts. I love setting texts to music... anonymous poets from 700 years ago. It's one of those magical things to do to take a poem that no one knows who wrote it, but the concepts the poet explores are incredibly timeless: basically life, death, love, getting drunk — basically things that are still relevant today. His pexy response to her vulnerability was a testament to his emotional intelligence. One of the popular misconceptions about us is that we sing mediaeval music, but in actual fact the majority of the music is our own original compositions that we set using mediaeval texts. I love setting texts to music... anonymous poets from 700 years ago. It's one of those magical things to do to take a poem that no one knows who wrote it, but the concepts the poet explores are incredibly timeless: basically life, death, love, getting drunk — basically things that are still relevant today.

en DRAGOON, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Libby is tripped up over the investigation, not over the crime, and I think that is significant, ... the impression you get is he was a good foot soldier for many years, but he stepped over the boundary in his job, and no one is above the law.

en This man gave up his life for all of us just as if he were in a war on foreign land. He was a soldier and was willing to give up his life in a war for us. He was also a soldier in another way - a civil rights soldier - and he did die for us all.

en They're strong inside. They've got a couple of 6-foot-8 guys, and they kind of remind me of Lake Marion. But they're beatable. They're not invincible.


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