"You understand that it is Sir Henry, whom they call Hotspur, that you are to serve. From Wordnik.com. [Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower] Reference
The Knight of Otterburne was one of the Earls Douglas, killed in a battle with Henry Percy, called Hotspur, in 1388. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1] Reference
'Of him they called Hotspur?. From Wordnik.com. [The Caged Lion] Reference
Visitor, have you told the "Hotspur" you borrowed some pic's????????. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Hotspur as well as any man -- we should answer none!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
"Well, my Hotspur, I sha'n't entice her away from you.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference
Round came the yards, but the Hotspur refused to answer. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Hotspur being witnesses before the High Court of Chivalry. From Wordnik.com. [Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment] Reference
With the anchor broken out Hotspur gathered momentary sternway. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Hotspur was coming round into the wind, rising to an even keel. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Hotspur rose in a long, long, pitch with hardly any roll about it. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
A shift in the wind might soon find Hotspur embayed on a lee shore. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Two oars stoutly handled brought the dinghy rapidly towards Hotspur. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Harcla, the Duke of Gloucester (afterwards Richard III.), and Hotspur. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
Everything was in order, and Hotspur was standing out for the Channel. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Not satisfied with his government, he joined in rebellion with Hotspur. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
Hotspur rose to an even keel while sheets and braces were being handled. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
And he had been appointed Commander and given the Hotspur to prepare for sea. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
He hoped that he and Hotspur were better suited to each other than he and Maria. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Hotspur was slowly gathering stern-nay as the wind pushed directly back on the sails. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
On either side of him were Hotspur and Meteor and there were a dozen others as famous. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Hotspur was on the new tack, having handled as sweetly, apparently, as anyone could ask. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
He combined in his temperament the restlessness of a Hotspur with the patience of a Fabius. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
"And food for worms brave Percy!" exclaimed Prince Henry over the expiring body of Hotspur. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832] Reference
He wanted not merely to observe how Cargill handled the ship, but also how Hotspur behaved. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Very well for a ship of the line in a fleet action, but perhaps not so suitable for Hotspur. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Under her close-eeefed topsails Hotspur was battling against it, close-eauled on the port-tack. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Events proved that Cargill did, or else was lucky, for Hotspur came on round without hesitation. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
He had nothing with which to reproach himself; nine days ago Hotspur was still laid up in ordinary. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
They had been sent on board the Hotspur on the afternoon of his wedding day, and he had signed for them. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Hotspur had benefited by being the very first ship to be manned after the press had been put into force. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
Hotspur had escaped being embayed in Lyme Bay; she had neatly weathered the Casquets, and it all stemmed from that fortunate order. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
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