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piratical editions of my book. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Mediterranean in their sea-serpents, as they termed their piratical vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley Novels — Volume 12] Reference
Trick or Treat bonus links: Dubner wrote about Pirates earlier this month, during a lull in piratical activity. From Wordnik.com. [Scarier Halloween Costume: A Pirate, or Kim Jong-il? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
They have no intention of establishing some kind of piratical caliphate. From Wordnik.com. [TomDispatch] Reference
Such were the times that led to the formation and growth of the "piratical" colony of Barataria. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
That they had somehow tamed the murderous, piratical. From Wordnik.com. [Cubs of the Wolf] Reference
Think of sailing piratical seas in this prosaic twentieth century!. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route] Reference
"She wuz ther most piratical craft in petticoats wot I ever seen!". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
Here and there one glimpses Mike's piratical, one-eyed cat, Willie. From Wordnik.com. [Stefan Beck: The Grog Days of Summer (PHOTOS)] Reference
They revenged themselves by piratical attacks on the Spanish coast. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
At sunset, the whole piratical community of the little isle was assembled. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
This coast is evidently the haunt of native prahus, whether piratical or other. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
One of these piratical gentry suffered before our eyes a fate worthy of his rapacity. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
The Danish element dates from the piratical invasions of the ninth and tenth centuries. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
Already the piratical flag has been unfurled against the commerce of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Three months had elapsed since our departure from London on our piratical tour to the Spanish Main. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
The premises being reviewed, I returned with my ill-favored guard to take a lesson in piratical cookery. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
He was in command of her Majesty's S. H., which had superseded my brother's ship on the piratical coast. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
We have seen that these checks, decisive as they were, were not sufficient to crush that piratical spirit. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
It danced around the deepening hole with eyes asparkle, shouting such piratical terms as "Shiver me timbers!". From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
She is commanded by a Pangeran named Badrudeen, has some Illanuns on board, and is bound on a piratical cruise. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
It's a truly piratical performance: with his flamboyantly fluttering fingers he steals every scene in the movie. From Wordnik.com. [And A Bottle Of Eyeliner] Reference
Spaniards had not annihilated the native population, and if they had not been exposed to incessant piratical attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
Modern buccaneers, indeed, were we, engaged in a nineteenth century piratical descent upon the shores of South America. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
The coast population of northern Africa has in past ages been addicted to piratical attacks on the shores of Europe opposite. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
He will have these piratical governments on his hands voluntarily recognized as valid for municipal purposes until duly altered. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
In sooth he charged us with piratical intentions, though we had not so much as cracked a pistol or inveigled one barbarian aboard. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Macabebes had a bad reputation for their petty piratical depredations around the north shore of Manila Bay and the several mouths of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
In the 'good old times' those piratical-looking craft would pick up a long thirty-feet baulk of timber at sea -- timber vessels from the. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Berber princes of northern Africa gave him employment as a mercenary, which he varied by piratical raids on the trade of the Christians. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
From thence I sailed to Cuba, and was the first to apprise our owners of the piratical onslaught by which the factory had been destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Over a century and a half after these events the coast of Northumbria was disturbed and troubled by the piratical invasions of the Danes. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
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