An English barrister of the highest rank

Usage examples of serjeant.

Chapter 4 In which the arrival of a man of war puts a final end to hostilities, and causes the conclusion of a firm and lasting peace between all parties A serjeant and a file of musqueteers, with a deserter in their custody, arrived about this time.

The serjeant, who well knew what had happened, and had heard that Jones was in a very dangerous condition, immediately concluded, from such a message, at such a time of night, and from a man in such a situation, that he was light-headed.

The serjeant, who thought Jones absolutely out of his senses, and very near his end, was afraid lest he should injure his family by asking too little.

Waters had been found by Jones, the serjeant proceeded to that part of her history which was known to him.

Chapter 6 Containing, among other things, the ingenuity of Partridge, the madness of Jones, and the folly of Fitzpatrick It was now past five in the morning, and other company began to rise and come to the kitchen, among whom were the serjeant and the coachman, who, being thoroughly reconciled, made a libation, or, in the English phrase, drank a hearty cup together.

Jones no sooner heard the proposal than, immediately agreeing with the learned serjeant, he ordered a bowl, or rather a large mug, filled with the liquor used on these occasions, to be brought in, and then began the ceremony himself.

Dennis Bond, esquire, and Serjeant Birch, commissioners for the sale of the forfeited estates, were declared guilty of notorious breach of trust, and expelled the house, of which they were members: George Robinson, esquire, underwent the same sentence on account of the part he acted in the charitable corporation, as he and Thompson had neglected to surrender themselves, according to the terms of a bill which had passed for that purpose.

Jamie, and Mike, and the bould ould serjeant, here, can have their way.

The carpenters were immediately set at work to achieve this job, which the serjeant volunteered to superintend, in person.

After this amiable remark, his spirit soars into those enchanting regions of reflection which its education and pursuits have opened to it, and again he and Mrs. Smallweed while away the rosy hours, two unrelieved sentinels forgotten as aforesaid by the Black Serjeant.

The dark object that lay at the foot of the palisades was pointed out to the serjeant the instant he was on the stage, and one of his offices was to observe it, in order to ascertain if it moved, or whether any attempts were made to carry off the body.

Upon this occasion the lieutenant formed a conclusion not very different from what the serjeant is just mentioned to have made before, and immediately ordered the centinel to be taken prisoner.

He began therefore by acquainting the serjeant, that as he was now entered into the army, he was ashamed of being without what was perhaps the most necessary implement of a soldier.

When Chapeau had risen to some high military position, a field-marshal's baton, or the gold-laced cap of a serjeant major, with whom could he share his honours better than with his dear little friend, Annot Stein?

The first strands of confidence were starting to emerge within the combined Edenist psyche as serjeants exported the feeling of sand crunching underfoot.