The counsel of a statesman who was incapacitated for the performance of steady administrative work, or unwilling to undertake it, was occasionally secured in former times by giving him a seat in the cabinet without any office under the Crown.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
"I am afraid he is incapacitated for further service, Miss Dean," said Mellersh coldly.
"The Master of the Ceremonies"
George Manville Fenn
As most of the stretcher bearers with the companies were themselves incapacitated through wounds the rapid evacuation of the wounded even in the trenches was impossible, and moreover the aid post at Headquarters was under heavy artillery fire, so that it was only at great risk to the bearers that the wounded could be cleared at all from the trenches.
"The Story of the "9th King's" in France"
Enos Herbert Glynne Roberts