Pietro di Vinciolo goes from home to sup: his wife brings a boy into the house to bear her company: Pietro returns, and she hides her gallant under a hen-coop: Pietro explains that in the house of Ercolano, with whom he was to have supped, there was discovered a young man bestowed there by Ercolano's wife: the lady thereupon censures Ercolano's wife: but unluckily an ass treads on the fingers of the boy that is hidden under the hen-coop, so that he cries for pain: Pietro runs to the place, sees him, and apprehends the trick played on him by his wife, which nevertheless he finally condones, for that he is not himself free from blame.

This is a gallant authorial gesture, as when a professor at Cornell, Nabokov had complained from the lectern of authors who ask readers to accept a character's gifts on faith: " The author has hinted already that Gurov focus of Chekhov's Lady with the Little Dog was witty in the company of women: and instead of having the reader take it for granted ( you know the old method of describing the talk as ' brilliant ' but giving no samples of the conversation ), Chekhov makes him joke in a really attractive, winning way.

His original company commander, Major Leslie Payne, noted McGee's " sterling qualities as a leader " and stated: " His ability in the carrying out of certain important tasks early in the year was most marked and ... there is in my opinion, and the opinion of many others, no more gallant and capable non-commissioned officer in the battalion.

“ Stewart, perceiving the annoyance which these two guns were causing, and the injury that they might still cause, called upon his company ( No. 2 ), and at the head of it, increased in weight and numbers by a few men of the other companies, and of the 53rd, who had joined our men, dashed forward in the most gallant style, captured the guns at the point of the bayonet, turned the guns on the flying rebels, and then, pushing forward at the double, while Captain Cornwall, with his company ( No. 3 ) and the men of other companies, followed in support, assaulted the large pile of building called the barracks, situated in the left front of the Sikanderbagh, drove the enemy out, and established themselves in it ”.

In the case of a gallant and daring act having been performed by a squadron, ship's company, or detached body of individuals ( such as a security detachment ) in which all persons were deemed equally brave and deserving of the Victoria Cross, a ballot is to be drawn ; the commissioned and non-commissioned officers each select one of their own, and the private soldiers or seamen select from amongst themselves two individuals.

He returned to London in March 1885 to play at the Lyceum Theatre in Helena Modjeska's company, as the Abbé in Adrienne Lecouvreur, and then toured with her, playing such roles as Mortimer in Mary Stuart and Orlando in As You Like It ; The Manchester Guardian said of the latter that he " kept Orlando properly ingenuous, and made him a taking and gallant young wooer.

At the outset of the Mexican-American War, First Lieutenant Hagner was assigned to the siege battery company, and was brevetted captain and major for " gallant and meritorious conduct " in battles leading to the capture of Mexico City in 1847.

The gallant young officer and two corporals of the volunteer company were killed, four other men were injured, one later dying of his wounds.

On 13 October, Duncan completed his official despatch and sent it ahead of his wallowing ships with Captain William George Fairfax on the cutter Rose: he praised all of his men, reserving special mention for Trollope and the late Burges, whom he called a " good and gallant Officer.

Ticonderoga, when, on 4 October 1918, that vessel was attacked by an enemy submarine and was sunk after a prolonged and gallant resistance.

Born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Dyer entered the Navy as master's mate in 1862 and was promoted to acting ensign and acting master for gallant service aboard during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 4 – 5 August 1864.

The 4 / 7 DG first wore their flash in 1939 in Northern France in support of the British Expeditionary Force, one of the first armoured units to fight in the desperate but gallant withdrawal to Dunkirk and it is believed to be the first regiment to wear a Tactical Recognition Flash.

This was followed by the occupation of Knoxville and the gallant defense against James Longstreet's besieging forces, terminating December 4, in the defeat and withdrawal of the enemy.

The gallant effort resulted in a 2 – 26 – 4 record.

He wrote: " Visions of similar deeds in India came before, of gallant fight for freedom and in my mind India and Italy got strangely mixed together.

' He became more and more disillusioned with the Japanese, and early in 1943 we got news from Seagrim, a most gallant officer who had remained in the Karen Hills at the ultimate cost of his life, that Aung San's feelings were changing.

However in the obscurity of his dungeon, he got his reward, however strange, in that he had not perished on the scaffold like the gallant Custine, his predecessor in the command, like his old colonel and protector Biron, and like Houchard, who for the brief period of fifteen days had been his successor, and who, after winning a signal and decided victory over the Duke of York, suffered but a cruel death of his own people.

Tony himself, in dress clothes and top hat, sang his ballads, a gallant trouper introducing Lillian Russell and others to fame through his audience .</ p >

Having organised and trained her manhood through her secret revolutionary organisation, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, and through her open military organisations, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army, having patiently perfected her discipline, having resolutely waited for the right moment to reveal itself, she now seizes that moment, and, supported by her exiled children in America and by gallant allies in Europe, but relying in the first on her own strength, she strikes in full confidence of victory.

Such was the drama of that race, in which Dorando Pietri collapsed within sight of the finishing line when leading, that Conan Doyle led a public subscription campaign to see the gallant Italian, having been denied the gold medal through his disqualification, awarded a special silver cup, which was presented by Queen Alexandra.

Despite the gallant efforts of the British Guardsmen to shut it, a few dozen French troops broke through before the Guardsmen managed to shut the main gate once more.

10, 1 ; January 1938 ) Has the Mongol horde thundering through Pennsylvania, severed heads hanging from their saddles as they headed for New York with only a small band of gallant patriots waiting at Valley Forge to try and stop them.

1962 – Captain Mani Bahadur Rai – for his gallant action against insurgents in Nagaland, where he led a platoon through two hostile positions into the heart of their stronghold and dislodged them.

: CORVINO: ... And yet I hope that I may say, these eyesHave seen her glued unto that piece of cedar, That fine well-timber'd gallant ; and that hereThe letters may be read, through the horn, That make the story perfect.

He was asked to abandon his tank but he realised that the enemy though badly decimated was continuing to advance in his sector of responsibility and if he abandoned his tank the enemy would break through, he gallantly fought on and destroyed another enemy tank, At this stage his tank received a second hit which resulted in the death of this gallant officer.

In recognition of the gallant sacrifice the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun has named a building as Khetarpal through which the young cadets pass out and become officers, It also called ‘ ANTIM PAG ’ last step.

When the others go in to dinner Nora stays behind for a few minutes and contemplates suicide to save her husband from the shame of the revelation of her crime and ( more importantly ) to pre-empt any gallant gesture on his part to save her reputation.

Of this truly patriotic and heroic conduct, the renowned commander in chief, with all the gallant officers of the combined armies employed at the siege of York, will bear ample testimony ; this part of his conduct even contemporary jealousy, envy, and malignity were forced to approve, and this, more impartial posterity, if it can believe, will almost adore.

the moste bewtifullest part and gallant building for Lodgyng ... a right sumptuus pece of stone work.

For very gallant conduct on the part of Lieutenant Hills before Delhi, in defending the position assigned to him in case of alarm, and for noble behaviour on the part of Lieutenant-Colonel Tombs in twice coming to his subaltern's rescue, and on each occasion killing his man.

At the 17th Annual WACL Conference held in San Diego, California, John K. Singlaub, president of the WACL's US chapter, read a letter from President Ronald Reagan which said in part, " The World Anti-Communist League has long played a leadership role in drawing attention to the gallant struggle now being waged by the true freedom fighters of our day.

But Geary had taken proper precautions against surprise, and Longstreet was repulsed, Geary receiving in this affair a prompt and gallant support from part of the XI Corps.

Later in his military career, Gale took “ an active and gallant part ” during the siege of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

A gallant squad coached by ex-NHL defensive whiz Jim Roberts sneaked into the playoffs in the final week in part due to veteran minor-league goaltender Rick Knickle's ( signed when injuries both in Springfield and Long Island sidelined the Indians ' top three goaltenders ) eight game undefeated streak, and on May 18, 1990, the team knocked off the heavily favored Rochester Americans in six games in the finals for the franchise's sixth Calder Cup.

Then, in 1931, the Reverend Alford, vicar of Marshfield, heard his gardener mumbling the words ' Room, room, a gallant room, I say ' and discovered that this line was part of a mummers ' play.

Despite this concentrated opposition, Lieutenant O ' Hare, by his gallant and courageous action, his extremely skillful marksmanship in making the most of every shot of his limited amount of ammunition, shot down 5 enemy bombers and severely damaged a sixth before they reached the bomb release point.

On 5 December 1997, Leakey was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire " in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in former Yugoslavia during the period 21st December 1996 to 20th June 1997 ".

* Companion of the Order of the Bath awarded 5 July 1945 for gallant and distinguished services in Italy.

He was especially popular with women, for, like the romantic poetry he wrote, he was personally gracious, gallant, and chivalrous.

The gallant half-city is dying on its feet ''.

Where Acheson had fought a gallant losing battle for the Department, Dulles fed the crocodile with his subordinates.

At Antietam, he led his men into the deadly fighting in the Cornfield and the West Woods, and one colonel described him as a " gallant officer ... remarkably cool and at the very front of battle.

Nora realizes that her husband is not the strong and gallant man she thought he was, and that he truly loves himself more than he does her.

Eventually, and long after the Imperial army had begun its retreat, the gallant Schiltron was ridden down and annihilated by a charge of three thousand men-at-arms.

We have seen to-day a gallant, civilised and democratic people betrayed and handed over to a ruthless despotism.

A dandy ( also known as a beau or gallant ) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self.

* Major George Ashley Wilkes: The gallant Ashley married his cousin, Melanie, because " Like must marry like or there'll be no happiness.

The jury has been described as " an exciting and gallant experiment in the conduct of serious human affairs.

He wrote to a Confederate Congressman, " The noble, the chivalric, the gallant Pelham is no more.

This is reflected in Steven Runciman's final verdict of Richard I: " he was a bad son, a bad husband, and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier.

Capra's synopsis: " Showing the gallant and victorious defense of Britain by Royal Air Force, at a time when shattered but unbeaten British were only people fighting Nazis.

and gallant Gentleman has felt it his duty to put the question.

" Courtly " would be pretentious in this upper bourgeois circle, yet the man's gesture is gallant.

* In the 1939 song Strange Fruit, written to condemn the practice of lynching, the Magnolia flower was referenced as being associated with the Southern United States, where most lynchings took place: " Pastoral scene of the gallant south / The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth / Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh ,/ Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

" The characters and motifs of fairy tales are simple and archetypal: princesses and goose-girls ; youngest sons and gallant princes ; ogres, giants, dragons, and trolls ; wicked stepmothers and false heroes ; fairy godmothers and other magical helpers, often talking horses, or foxes, or birds ; glass mountains ; and prohibitions and breaking of prohibitions.

This ship Captain Collingwood engaged closely until 2: 50 when, after a gallant defence in her crippled state, the San Ysidro hauled down the Spanish flag.

Knights were taught to excel in the arms, to show courage, to be gallant and loyal and to swear off cowardice and baseness.

God rest his dear and gallant soul .” A sniper's bullet likely killed him immediately.

The winning name, chosen by Walter Stalberg, was the " 76ers ", as a " tribute to the gallant men who forged this country's independence " in 1776.