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But--there is always a but--of course he was a robber and a corsair, and the only excuse for him is that he was no worse than most of his contemporaries.— English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4
I imagined him an aristocratic scapegrace, a corsair--it was the Byronic period then--sailing out to marry a sort of shimmering princess with hair like Veronica's, bright golden, and a face like that of a certain keeper's daughter.— Romance
When in the full tide of his success there was but one thing which preoccupied the mind of the corsair, which was to find a ready market for his spoils and a convenient place in which to rid himself of an embarrassing number of captives.— Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean
The corsair, however, was a far finer fighter than he was a strategist, and was possessed of a most impatient temper.— Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean
The corsair was more patient than his wont.— Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean

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