"Silver medal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... street, enquiring for the Ship Hotel; he was shewn to it, he knocked loudly at the door, and obtained admittance; he was dressed in a grey military great coat, a scarlet uniform, richly embroidered with gold lace, (the uniform of a Staff Officer) a star on his breast, a silver medal suspended from his neck, a dark fur cap with a broad gold lace, and he had a small portmanteau; he announced himself as an Aid de Camp to Lord Cathcart, just arrived from Paris; that he was the bearer of glorious news, that a decisive battle had taken place, that Bonaparte was pursued ...
— The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, • William Brodie Gurney
... T. U. gave a silver medal for the best reciter, and for three consecutive years Miss Morrison had trained the winner; so Mrs. Ducker was naturally anxious to have Maudie trained by so successful an instructor. Miss Morrison had studied ...
— The Second Chance • Nellie L. McClung
... The silver medal of the Royal Geographical Society was awarded to Captain Lendy, and a bronze medal given ...
— Beneath the Banner • F. J. Cross
... of the Cowpens gave great joy to the friends of liberty throughout the whole country. Congress received information of it on the 8th of February following, and on the 9th of March voted an award of a gold medal to Morgan; a silver medal to Howard and Washington; a sword to Col. Pickens, and a vote of thanks to the other officers and ...
— Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical • C. L. Hunter
... Year, and he had a silver medal made, with a flame on one side, and on the other Sidney's name, ...
— The Magic World • Edith Nesbit |
