It was soon evident that the lugger was a fast craft. From Wordnik.com. [Won from the Waves] Reference
He tells us that the lugger is a craft much in use among the. From Wordnik.com. [The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet] Reference
"You think that fellow with the lugger was the captain?" asked Murray. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop] Reference
The lugger is a celebrated French privateer, that we have six cruisers in chase of at this moment, our own ship included. From Wordnik.com. [The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet] Reference
The lugger was a beautiful boat, according to the idea of beauty that then prevailed, having been constructed by Mr George. From Wordnik.com. [Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess] Reference
"It must be the doing of that scoundrel Miles Gaffin," he exclaimed, "as his lugger is the only vessel lying off the mill. From Wordnik.com. [Won from the Waves] Reference
Our squadron consisted of five frigates and a lugger. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Paul looked at his beautiful lugger with bitter feelings. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
The boat dropped astern, but the pilot nimbly boarded the lugger. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
The lugger, being first, began the attempt, and in spite of the risk. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
It was dangerous in the extreme for the lugger, but, as the men said. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Hence that evening no ordinary Deal boat or even lugger could launch. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
In 1866 Posh became the owner of a very old deep-sea lugger named the. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
It was now about 3 p.m., and the tide was again falling when the lugger. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Fletcher senior's "punt," or longshore lugger, without saying as much as. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
Posh got the lugger in March, 1870, and on March 2nd FitzGerald wrote to. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
Except by superior manoeuvering there was clearly no chance for the lugger. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
The lugger now fired a rocket, and sent up a striped flag, the signal of distress. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
When the lugger fetched to windward of the vessel she wore down on her before the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
The cannonade began now to be returned by the lugger, and the captain's spirits revived. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
He had been, when he was a lieutenant, in command of a cutter, and afterwards of a lugger. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
"Where am I?" he stammered out, gazing round the little fo'c's'le of the lugger in wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel] Reference
By her own impetus the lugger rushes down the steep slope on the slippery skids into the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
We were obliged to haul off, but not before we had fired several shot at both lugger and battery. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Once aboard the lugger, I should say train, our berths were allotted to us, and we soon settled down. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
They jumped for life, as the lugger rose on the snowy crest of a breaker, and not a man missed his mark. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
There stood the pilot, his life forfeited by any failure tending to bring disaster upon the lugger; and it was a good guarantee. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
A description of life on the wild North Sea. -- the hero being a parson's son who is appreciated on board a Lowestoft fishing lugger. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
The lugger would be swamped and overwhelmed in five minutes, while the lifeboat would empty herself and live through it successfully. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
Put the best Deal lugger that ever floated alongside the present Deal lifeboat, the Mary Somerville, in a furious sea of breakers on the. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
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