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At other times she is, as Polinitz says of K (ing) James's Queen, when he saw her after the Revolution, une Arethuse.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy, nor calls upon Arethuse and Mincius, nor tells of rough _satyrs_ and _fauns with cloven heel_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 Various
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He fought the Arethuse so splendidly that he hampered the British left attack long enough to give
The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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Arethusa 'in the rival British Navy, the Arethuse, whose daring and skilful captain, Vauquelin, had moored her beside the Barachois, or sea-pond, so that he could outflank Amherst's approach against the right land face of Louisbourg.
The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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The Arethuse was presently withdrawn from her perilous berth next to the British left approach, as she was the only frigate left which seemed to have a chance of running the gauntlet of Boscawen's fleet.
The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 William Charles Henry Wood 1905
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At other times she is, as Polinitz says of K (ing) James's Queen, when he saw her after the Revolution, une Arethuse.
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We can enter the harbour now that the Island battery is silenced and the frigate Arethuse gone.
French and English A Story of the Struggle in America Evelyn Everett-Green 1894
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In 1815 the _Amelia_ fought a draw with the _Arethuse_, the ships throwing respectively 549 and 463 lbs., according to the
The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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The night was rather dark, but the flash from the guns showed fairly the position of the enemy, which became perfectly clear, when a searchlight from the Arethuse played over the surface of the water with dazzlingly clear light.
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann 1879
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A ship was reported ahead, which proved to be the Arethuse, bearing down straight on the Caledonia.
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann 1879
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