"Richmond," and escorted by a Japanese man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
Chestertown to avoid the man-of-war lying off Rock Hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
The fire of a man-of-war was opened on it, doing some injury. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
"She's a French man-of-war and is making for Brest, I think, sir.". From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Sheerness man-of-war; and Mr. Radcliffe and his son were carried to. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
There could be no question that the unwelcome visitor was a man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
To lower the boats and man them does not take long on board a man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds] Reference
It was agreed they must both be taken on board the man-of-war for medical advice. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
He was then put on board the Eltham man-of-war, lying in the Leith Roads, bound for London. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
The Plover is to be communicated with each year by a man-of-war — the Amphitrite is the next. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Negroes would be on every man-of-war in direct proportion to their percentage of the population. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
The man-of-war was expected to enter the harbor of Hampton Roads some time during the afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
A rowing-boat, a yacht, a schooner, a man-of-war -- all these varieties are somewhat commonplace. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Before sailing, I will indulge my reader with a little sketch of the officers of our noble man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The man-of-war anchorage is about five miles inside the heads, directly in front of the city of Rio Janeiro. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The captain of a British man-of-war told me that he considered them to be the poorest fighters in existence. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
It was called Sabrina by the commander of the British man-of-war of that name, who witnessed the phenomenon. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
They knew nothing about the war, took us for an English man-of-war, and asked us to repair their motor boat for them. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Our lights had hardly been extinguished in cabin and binnacle, when we heard the measured stroke of a man-of-war oar. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
As we rounded the Isle of Kent we saw, lying almost in our track, the English man-of-war, lazily rolling with the tide. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
She carried a boat on each side at the davits like a man-of-war, and I reported that I could make out men securing them. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Scotland, but on the voyage was captured by a Dutch man-of-war, which was driven by stress of weather to St. Ives in Cornwall. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
All now was life and bustle, and in a short time the gun-boats were ready; each man-of-war received two flat boats to tow astern. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Put your feet in the bight and hold on to the slack of the rope above your head and we'll hoist you up in regular man-of-war fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Bangalang, Ormond alleged that the slaver had sailed for Sierra Leone to seek succor either from a man-of-war or the British government. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
There was no tumultuous rushing forth in boats to have a look at the new comers, as there is so apt to be on the arrival of a man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
A remarkable looking black rock, resembling the hull of a large man-of-war, rose abruptly from the water about half a mile from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Touching the proceedings on board the French man-of-war, its imperfect discipline, and the strange, un-nautical way of carrying on the duty. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
But such an analogy is fallacious: there is no more similarity between the air and the ocean than there is between an airship and a man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The politics of black and white really began nearly 400 years ago, when, in 1619, Virginia settlers took delivery of slaves from a Dutch man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Talk About Race] Reference
Once while we were near the ocean, we thought it a good opportunity to visit the man-of-war that was stationed about half a mile out from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
Had he not changed the course of his vessel by reason of the mysterious conduct of that man-of-war hawk, not a soul would probably have survived the night. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But the old chronicles from which I have compiled this story go on to say that he secured a berth in the navy, and years afterwards trod the quarter-deck of a man-of-war. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
On the same morning I have taken them over a man-of-war, on the musketry-range to see a Maxim at practice and down into a twelve-inch casemate when the monster was about to fire. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
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