Excerpt from The Military Band Colonel shaw-hellier, Commandant Of the Royal Military School of Music, wrote these words. The italics also are his.
A long familiarity with the sight may have made a Londoner himself somewhat blase' and indifferent; possibly the connection with the Soldiers' Memorial in Waterloo Place, if he thought at all, would excite his fancy first. But the intelligent Maori would probably be attracted more by the Drum Major, and ask why is he such a fine big fellow compared with the remainder '9 Also, why does he, with the musicians who immediately follow him, wear so much gold lace and gaudiness, and be so distinguished in point of dress from the officers and the soldiers of the guard?
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A long familiarity with the sight may have made a Londoner himself somewhat blase' and indifferent; possibly the connection with the Soldiers' Memorial in Waterloo Place, if he thought at all, would excite his fancy first. But the intelligent Maori would probably be attracted more by the Drum Major, and ask why is he such a fine big fellow compared with the remainder '9 Also, why does he, with the musicians who immediately follow him, wear so much gold lace and gaudiness, and be so distinguished in point of dress from the officers and the soldiers of the guard?
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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