excellent order

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The Fifth advanced in excellent order, sweeping round Pickett's left flank, and falling on his rear.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

Convinced by this last argument, I made my way back to the street; and as I passed the Lawrence grounds I was impressed again by their extent and excellent order.

From That Affair at Elizabeth by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

There was one exception to the rule of no repairs in Mr. Sleaford's establishment, the locks were all kept in excellent order.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

But the excellent order which prevailed among them made them favourites, and we let them laugh, and laughed again.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

The British navy was in excellent order, but the many calls made on it for the protection of world-wide commerce and colonial possessions caused the operations in the Channel to be somewhat languid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various