"Beslaver" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... always be trusted to play the game on these occasions. When you cannot get your own way in the army, you beslaver the local martial Esculapius with soft words and prevail upon him to back you up. "Oh, if the medical authorities pronounce it necessary," thereupon declare the Solons up top who have been sticking their toes in, "it's of course got to be done." Similarly, when the amateur strategist gets ...
— Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 • Charles Edward Callwell |
