seat of war
Example Sentences
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What between exposure, wounds, swamp fever, famine, and imprisonment, personal beauty stands but a poor chance at the seat of war.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
The tardiness with which intelligence arrived from the seat of war had long been matter of complaint.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
The seat of war was then gradually transferred to Flanders, and the task of conducting it fell upon the foreign allies.
From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard
Enough; Monsieur Mortlake accompanied us to the seat of war as Thoms, and not once did I suspect the villain of being other than he seemed.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
From this time no more complaints were heard of the tardy arrival of intelligence from the seat of war.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
