Alfieri and the Countess did not get married, simply, I think, because they did not care to get married; because marriage would entail reorganisation of a mode of life which had somehow organised itself; because it would give a common-place prose solution to what appeared a romantic and exceptional story; and finally because it might necessitate certain losses in the way of money, of comfort, and of rank.
"The Countess of Albany"
Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)
The result was the creation of a distinct Secretary of State for War, and the concentration in his hands of most of the business relating to the Army; but the change was made without a thorough reorganisation of the War Office, and without defining the relative authority of the Secretary of State and the Commander-in-Chief.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
In the reorganisation of the Union he took no part, and, indeed, he ceased before long to attend the meetings of the Council altogether.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell