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and bawling about six hours every day
I am at it by 3 a. m. daily, drilling first disorderly men; then recruits, then with the regiment, then at the recruits again; so I have a lively time of it, shouting and bawling about six hours every day, except Sunday.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing

any better after seeing him every day
He found it difficult to know Clutton any better after seeing him every day for three months than on the first day of their acquaintance.
— from Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

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