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  • Boats from the Spanish man-of-war joined in the work of mercy and her officers, as though conscious that the suspicion of treachery was first in every man's mind, exerted themselves in every way to show solicitude for the wounded and sorrow for the disaster.

    The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

  • Two sweets and a ginger-beer under the oak-tree, and the Flying Boats is just a-coming along the road.

    Jackanapes 1879

  • They were so near the Shore, that some People (as 'tis common for those who live by the Seaside) coming out in Boats either to enrich themselves by the Ruins of those who have perished, or to afford their Help to those who are in a Condition of receiving it, spy'd afar off with Wonder this little Log, which they discern'd bore something living on it, and made up to it with all the Speed their Oars enabled them: They arrived just Time enough to prevent Idalia and her Supporter from sinking, as else they must inevitably have done, suck'd into the Whirlpool which that unwieldy Wreck had made, and it was with all the

    Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel 1725

  • These men from the Graf Spee had escaped from Argentina in 1940 and had made their way back to Germany and served on U-Boats which is how they got captured.

    Charles McCain author of "An Honorable German" - Loaded Questions Author Interview 2009

  • These men from the Graf Spee had escaped from Argentina in 1940 and had made their way back to Germany and served on U-Boats which is how they got captured.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • I knew about the "Boats" release later when I started buying them again a few years ago, but missed it when it was first released.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009

  • The various county clerk offices were a series of numbered suites off a long corridor, but only a few of the doors were labeled ( "Auto Renewals/Duplicates", "Boats").

    haloaskew Diary Entry haloaskew 2007

  • My name is Sam Johnson, son of Mike "Boats" Johnson.

    Archive 2006-12-17 Rogers 2006

  • Setting aside the fact that John Tester and Jim Webb and other campaigns in 2006 validate me as a media genius, there's the bit in there about "Boats" Johnson, the road comic who taught me how to tell gun control jokes in Montana.

    Archive 2006-12-17 Rogers 2006

  • Setting aside the fact that John Tester and Jim Webb and other campaigns in 2006 validate me as a media genius, there's the bit in there about "Boats" Johnson, the road comic who taught me how to tell gun control jokes in Montana.

    Boats Johnson and the Standing Ovations Rogers 2006

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