I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

I am the very model of a modern Major-General; / I've information vegetable, animal and mineral; / I know the Kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, / From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

If the permafrost does thaw, as our model predicts, it could have a major influence on climate.

Life is made up of interruptions.

In enterprise of martial kind / When there was any fighting, / He led his reg'ment from behind / He found it less exciting.