But the barque is a good sailer, and does not reduce her sail or heave-to. From Wordnik.com. [The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea] Reference
Just ahead of the barque was a very handsome brigantine, also bound for the Friendly Islands. From Wordnik.com. ["Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902] Reference
By sundown the brigantine was hull down ahead of us, though the barque was a very smart vessel, and we were then making eleven knots. From Wordnik.com. ["Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902] Reference
The barque was the slowest craft of the three, and Joe Lockett had every stitch of canvas set, to enable him to keep up with the others. From Wordnik.com. [Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)] Reference
Now it chanced that among the cargo carried by the barque was a small launch intended for the use of a plantation owner in South America. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest] Reference
And a barque is a three-master with a mizzen fore-and-aft rigged. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise] Reference
I am command 'by my master to offer you a French barque which is in the Thames, and a safe conduct to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series] Reference
A barque came near running into us the night before last. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Their barque had evidently drifted among dangerous rocks. From Wordnik.com. [The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional] Reference
As a barque was about sailing from New-York for Demerara in. From Wordnik.com. [Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post] Reference
"Depth enough to float my barque a little longer," replied Rob. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
Frank Oldfield, and Captain Merryweather, commander of the barque. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Oldfield Lost and Found] Reference
Full soon was the sail spread and the anchor of the barque weighed. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
"Navigation de la barque de Mael Duin," in d'Arbois de Jubainville's. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
The signals of distress were from a Swedish barque, the Hedvig Sophia. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Can't you see that she is a barque and is steering straight for the bay. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
The barque sunk in less than seven minutes after the steamer struck us, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
Max Aitken's barque bobbed up and down with the skipper's eyes keenly alert. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
But as we got out into the Straits of Fuca, the next day, a little barque, the. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
This is made all but invisible by the storm beating against the barque of St Peter. From Wordnik.com. [This distorted view of Catholicism obscures its true nature] Reference
But one day they saw a barque, splendidly decked, sailing towards the coast of Denmark. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
The crew observed a large barque ahead of them which had lost its topmast and mainyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck on the Andamans] Reference
The barque, which was now veered about, bore them rapidly towards their original destination. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
England, of the many currents of English life joining in one vast stream on which the barque of the narrator floats. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
The fishermen and their boats were far down on Cowal after signs of herring; the bay was given up to barque and gabbart alone. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
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