Digby the landsman maintained discipline, reconciled quarrels, doctored his men, ducked them for disorderliness, and directed the naval and military operations like any old veteran.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
The disorderliness, the sense of tension, the combination of patient waiting and driving speed, the distant and yet perceptible smell of type metal and printers' ink, in short, the atmosphere of a newspaper, struck him with a sense of desire.
"Plotting in Pirate Seas"
Francis Rolt-Wheeler
He had to wait a fortnight before one came, and that was rather a likeness, and a handsome likeness, except as regarded a certain disorderliness in his dress, which he knew to be very unlike him.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009