The argosy was loaded with spices from faraway lands. From LearnThat.org.
Mediterranean and from them is derived the word "argosy," signifying. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne] Reference
A broadening of meaning and another shift in spelling gave us "argosy," denoting any merchant vessel or rich store. From Wordnik.com. [Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day] Reference
On some outward voyaging argosy, — Ah! can it be. From Wordnik.com. [Collected Poems] Reference
HAR Owns and operates a ship, a Nalori argosy called the Icarion. From Wordnik.com. [Reap the Whirlwind] Reference
Venice, strained his eyes in vain for the argosy that, thanks to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Is that a star? or the lamp that gleams On some outward voyaging argosy. From Wordnik.com. ['Everything Is a Mystery'] Reference
Standing there, they watched the strange argosy floating away on the dancing waves. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol] Reference
Yet his means are in supposition: he hath an argosy bound to Tripolis, another to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Merchant of Venice] Reference
The second scene was in a park, the sky again blue, but big and high with an argosy of white clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference
'Some books are drenched sands on which a great soul's wealth lies all in heaps, like a wrecked argosy.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn] Reference
The PASS argosy Hershel Explorer arrived in 2069, whereupon a small research outpost was established on Titan. From Wordnik.com. [A King of Infinite Space]
Mr. Arabin had never thought of trimming the sails of his bark so that he might sail as convoy to this rich argosy. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
Shylock went on to say: 'Yet his means are in supposition: he hath an argosy bound to Tipolis, another to the Indies. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Zett Nilrics ship, a new Nalori argosy named Icarion, had been drifting for nearly two days with its engines offline. From Wordnik.com. [Reap the Whirlwind] Reference
So perverse have been fate's courses that this high-strung, assertive mariner hesitates to direct life's drifting argosy. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Many a rich argosy would have been preserved to the. From Wordnik.com. [A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn] Reference
The book is a mere cockboat beside the mighty argosy of the. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800] Reference
With much reluctance the Khan consented, and the argosy set forth. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
The canoe seemed to hang between water and stars, a motionless argosy in. From Wordnik.com. [A Hoosier Chronicle] Reference
At rosy dawn I see thine argosy; and which closed with the invocation. From Wordnik.com. [A Hoosier Chronicle] Reference
He had built himself a new argosy and found a new companion for his voyaging. From Wordnik.com. [Otherwise Phyllis] Reference
How the news of this argosy flew even to towns a day's journey up from the coast!. From Wordnik.com. [Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know] Reference
"One would think," said he, "that she had an argosy of lovers at sea, uninsured.". From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 07] Reference
"There is a depth in that boy's heart," said the sage, "which might float an argosy.". From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
At one instance, the restless plain of the ocean seemed to bear no other argosy than the. From Wordnik.com. [The Stowaway Girl] Reference
She has fallen back on the one great comfort, the one pearl saved from the wrecked argosy. From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Grandon's Honor] Reference
He indicated a tiny purplish bit of vapor floating against the distant blue like an argosy. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest] Reference
At Worcester we had still a long wait for the argosy that was causing so much anxiety and danger. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure-Train] Reference
From the top of yonder hillock she had seen the last sail of his argosy fading over the sea-line. From Wordnik.com. [Yet Again] Reference
Indeed, Hozier himself, sailor as he was, felt more than doubtful as to the fate of their argosy. From Wordnik.com. [The Stowaway Girl] Reference
Britaine lost fifteen men, and the argosy twenty, and then surrendered to save herself from sinking. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
Without their watchful skill the rich argosy that has entered the chops of the Channel would never anchor in the. From Wordnik.com. [Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General] Reference
This news exhilarated the hearts of the rovers, who hoped that she might prove as rich an argosy as that taken by Drake. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold] Reference
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