Patrick MacGill
Patrick MacGill
Patrick MacGillwas an Irish journalist, poet and novelist, known as "The Navvy Poet" because he had worked as a navvy before he began writing...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionJournalist
CountryIreland
caste common engaged estate full rewarded seem similar
Caste and estate seem to have been forgotten; all are engaged in a common business, full of similar risks, and rewarded by a similar wage.
soldier meals afternoon
The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast.