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He had no right to use that word "Captain," for Timoteo had surrendered any claim to an officer's rank, but from that moment on he was Captain to everyone. just as Timoteo, had stolen the Palafox lands, so now Antonio stole the name Captain.
Mexico Michener, James 1992
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At noon when we stopped, the men rolled up a barrel of pork on to the deck and one of them, named Cheek bestrided with a tomahawk, crying out "give the word Captain."
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I'll register on your site if you like for easier communication under the name Captain.
phpBB.com 2009
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I'll register on your site if you like for easier communication under the name Captain.
phpBB.com 2009
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General Nifu as sudden as lightning deep cut in Captain.
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I looked in vain for the one whom they had called Captain.
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"On deck, you scoundrel, come out of there," called the Captain.
Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power Wyn Roosevelt
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Duke of Sully, but my sense of propriety was much gratified at finding that Minerva's husband was called Captain.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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"Keep to the south as much as you can," called the Captain.
The Shipwreck A Story for the Young Joseph Spillman 1873
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By drawers, masters of the games, and others, I was now always known as Captain.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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