You can't break a midshipman, as the saying is, unless you break his neck. From Wordnik.com. [Poor Jack] Reference
"The Alliance is hauling off, sir!" called the midshipman of the mizzen-top. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Carvel — Complete] Reference
Tom called another midshipman and directed him to help Billy into his hammock and let him know how he was. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Admirals] Reference
A midshipman was a being who traditionally had little but the exuberance of his spirits to make up for the discomforts of his lot. From Wordnik.com. [From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life] Reference
November he renewed his acquaintance with Prince William Henry, whom he had known as a midshipman in 1782, and who now came to the Leeward. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain] Reference
"A midshipman is a perfect marvel in the way of prudence and discretion; everybody knows. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast] Reference
We now had in our possession the midshipman of the. From Wordnik.com. [An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775] Reference
Mr. Schutz and the midshipman had both disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Princess Royal, on board as a midshipman; hence the standard. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
So he dispatched the midshipman Back to Lake Athabasca for help. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Nearly fifty years ago I was midshipman on the United States brig. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
“What a set of impious scoundrels,” ejaculated the midshipman. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Nevertheless, Dobbs is a black midshipman in a high-profile position. From Wordnik.com. [The run of Ricky Dobbs: Navy's quarterback in Annapolis has come to represent something larger than football] Reference
Renouard, midshipman; James Dodds, quartermaster, and six seamen of the. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
I followed the elder midshipman up the side, the other came up after me. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Brown, became the first black midshipman to graduate from the academy in 1949. From Wordnik.com. [The run of Ricky Dobbs: Navy's quarterback in Annapolis has come to represent something larger than football] Reference
I had eight men and a midshipman with me, and we all did our utmost to escape. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Cumberland, who remained with him in all ranks from midshipman to rear-admiral. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Dr. Simpson, assistant-surgeon; Mr. Hallowes, midshipman; 14 seamen, and 5 marines. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Montgomery had two sons on board his ship, one a midshipman, the other his secretary. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Navy Man: Perot thrived at the Naval Academy, where he was a midshipman from 1949 through 1953. From Wordnik.com. [The Man And The Myth] Reference
Mr. Renouard a midshipman, James Dodds a quartermaster; and six privates were put on board of her. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
If this captain has not served in the German navy, a midshipman may be signed as a coordinate officer. From Wordnik.com. [Operations Upon the Sea A Study] Reference
At the age of he entered the navy as a midshipman, and served in the ---, commanded by Captain ---, in America. From Wordnik.com. [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference
"Listen," whispered Larkyns, the senior midshipman, nudging the fellow next him and winking to me as I came up. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
When Washington was sixteen years old, he determined to leave home and become a midshipman in the colonial navy. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
Lord Rodney, as she was the oldest acquaintance, and remembered me when I was “a lilly piccaninny midshipman.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
The experiences of three women-two aviators and a midshipman at Annapolis-illustrate how rocky this voyage has been. From Wordnik.com. [Anchors Aweigh] Reference
I was an arrogant, undisciplined, insolent midshipman who felt it necessary to prove my mettle by challenging authority. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Human Hero] Reference
The following day I was sent with another midshipman with two boats to haul the seine in a bay about a mile to the westward. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
One midshipman who suffered that indignity later gathered the plebes who inflicted it to congratulate them on their teamwork. From Wordnik.com. [Homoeroticism In The Ranks] Reference
He had previously served as midshipman in the navy, and by talent and education he was far above the station he held in Bligh's ship. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
“Well,” said I, “Culmer, will you now pass your examination, or are you determined to die the oldest midshipman in the service?”. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Leaving the midshipman and four sailors to guard the boat, we started on foot with the other four for Sonoma Town, which we soon reached. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Larkyns, being, as I mentioned before, signal midshipman, had gone down to report the fact of our being close up with the wreck to Captain. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
In a few days after this an order came on board from the admiral to discharge a lieutenant and a midshipman into another ship bound to the. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Accordingly, the long boat was ordered with this midshipman and eight sailors, prepared with water and provisions for several days absence. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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