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The king was there in Portsmouth that day, you know, watching from the ramparts of South-sea Castle when that great ship heeled over and abruptly sank.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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The king was there in Portsmouth that day, you know, watching from the ramparts of South-sea Castle when that great ship heeled over and abruptly sank.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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The king was there in Portsmouth that day, you know, watching from the ramparts of South-sea Castle when that great ship heeled over and abruptly sank.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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The king was there in Portsmouth that day, you know, watching from the ramparts of South-sea Castle when that great ship heeled over and abruptly sank.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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He accordingly took cognizance of his most minute affairs, and, after an exact scrutiny, gave his patron to understand, that, exclusive of his furniture, his fortune was reduced to fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, in Bank and South-sea annuities, over and above the garrison and its appendages, which he reckoned at sixty pounds a year.
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South-sea of discovery; I prithee, tell me who is it quickly, and speak apace.
As You Like It 2004
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The people of Hudson, too, were going wild over a project for establishing a South-sea Company, and sending ships to the far off Pacific ocean -- where the people were, it had been said, in the habit of eating their friends -- to catch whales.
The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud
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There is a vast field of inquiry open on this subject yet; in fact, a "South-sea of discovery," and till we are sure of our facts, it were well that we were cautious in our conclusions.
The Education of American Girls Anna Callender Brackett
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It is customary with the South-sea Islanders, before setting out on their long voyages, in which it is necessary to venture out of sight of land, to select some star by which to regulate their course in the night-time; this they call the "aveia," or guiding star of the voyage.
The Island Home Richard Archer
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One inch of delay more is a South-sea of discovery; I prithee, tell me who is it quickly, and speak apace.
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