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  • I'm pleased to say the expedition went swimmingly and the beacon was erected courtesy of heroic Royal Marines lowered from a Sea-King helicopter.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Won its fourth consecutive Sea-King District title.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • From the palace of the Sea-King came the cry of mourning again, and far out upon the sea the great Tritons blew hoarsely upon their horns.

    The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

  • From the palace of the Sea-King came the cry of mourning again, and far out upon the sea the great Tritons blew hoarsely upon their horns.

    The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

  • "Sea-King" when she was burned, off Point Linus, -- and how he hung in the chains till he was taken off, and his hair was repeatedly set on fire by the women -- emigrant-passengers -- jumping over his head into the sea.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various

  • It is said they sang the song called the "Grotte Song," and before they ended it they ground out a host against Frode, so that on the same night there came the Sea-King whose name was Mysing and slew

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • But the evidence for the existence of this early Sea-King and his power rests on surer grounds than the vague tradition recorded by the two great historians.

    The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898

  • From the palace of the Sea-King came the cry of mourning again, and far out upon the sea the great Tritons blew hoarsely upon their horns.

    A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1877

  • At the end of October, 1578, Sir Francis Drake, the Sea-King of Devon, as he was called, and the most daring and persistent of the enemies of the

    Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Charles Morris 1877

  • William Dampier; or a Sea-King of the Seventeenth Century.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

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