Argier

Westminster, and there to Jervas's and was a little while with Jane, and so to London by coach and to the Coffee-house, where certain news of our peace made by Captain Allen with Argier, which is good news; and that the Dutch have sent part of their fleete round by Scotland; and resolve to pay off the rest half-pay, promising the rest in the Spring, hereby keeping their men.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1664 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668

Westminster, and there to Jervas's and was a little while with Jane, and so to London by coach and to the Coffee-house, where certain news of our peace made by Captain Allen with Argier, which is good news; and that the Dutch have sent part of their fleete round by Scotland; and resolve to pay off the rest half-pay, promising the rest in the Spring, hereby keeping their men.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668

Westminster, and there to Jervas's and was a little while with Jane, and so to London by coach and to the Coffee-house, where certain news of our peace made by Captain Allen with Argier, which is good news; and that the

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 31: October/November 1664 Samuel Pepys 1668

So to Westminster, and there to Jervas's and was a little while with Jane, and so to London by coach and to the Coffee-house, where certain news of our peace made by Captain Allen with Argier, which is good news; and that the Dutch have sent part of their fleete round by Scotland; and resolve to pay off the rest half-pay, promising the rest in the Spring, hereby keeping their men.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Oct/Nov 1664 Pepys, Samuel 1664

Theridamas, king of Argier; Techelles, king of Fez; and

The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great 2004

'Argiers' or 'Argier' was the common old form of 'Algiers': cf.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

Thrice a year, on receiving form the Ministry of Education a list containing the names of unsatisfactory scholars of either sex, it was his custom to hoist a flag on a certain hill-top; this was a signal for the Barbary pirates, who then infested the neighbouring ocean, to set sail for the island and buy up these perverse children, at purely nominal rates, for the slave-markets of Stamboul and Argier.

South Wind Norman Douglas 1910

Tunis, of Hippo, [96] of Argier, of Bona, of Corona -- to cut it short, all Barbary.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

Then they sailed for Argier, which, when they reached, the English prisoners were sold as slaves, being hurried like dogs into the market, as men sell horses in England, and marched up and down to see who would give most for them.

The True Story Book Andrew Lang 1878

By the way, upon my desire, he told me that I need not fear any reflection upon my Lord for their ill success at Argier, for more could not be done than was done.

Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1661 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668