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y adapted to one another; and playedwith no great skill; but yet attaining the great object for which theharmony of drum and clarion addresses itself to the multitude… thatof imparting a higher and more heroic air to the scene of life thatpasses before the eye。 Little Pearl at first clapped her hands; butthen lost; for an instant; the restless agitation that had kept her ina continual effervescence throughout the morning; she gazedsilently; and seemed to be borne upward; like a floating sea…bird;on the long heaves and swells of sound。 But she was brought back toher former mood by the shimmer of the sunshine on the weapons andbright armour of the military pany; which followed after the music;and formed the honorary escort of the procession。 This body ofsoldiery… which still sustains a corporate existence; and marches downfrom past ages with an ancient and honourable fame… was posed of nomercenary materials。 Its ranks were filled with gentlemen; who feltthe stirrings of martial impulse; and sought to establish a kind ofCollege of Arms; where; as in an association of Knights Templars; theymight learn the science; and; so far as peaceful exercise wouldteach them; the practices of war。 The high estimation then placed uponthe military character might be seen in the lofty port of eachindividual member of the pany。 Some of them; indeed; by theirservices in the Low Countries and on other fields of European warfare;had fairly won their title to assume the name and pomp of soldiership。The entire array; moreover; clad in burnished steel; and withplumage nodding over their bright morions; had a brilliancy ofeffect which no modern display can aspire to equal。 And yet the men of civil eminence; who came immediately behind themilitary escort; were better worth a thoughtful observer's
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