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An official from JPAC promised a letter of apology, signed by an admiral,
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The Vietnamese knew that he was the son of an admiral,
Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 1999
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On his way down the Baltic, however, he met the Russian admiral,
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993
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When the squadron fitted out by the Court of Spain to attend our motions had cruised for some days to the leeward of Madeira they left that station in the beginning of November and steered for the River of Plate, where they arrived the 5th of January, Old Style, * and coming to an anchor in the bay of Maldonado at the mouth of that river their admiral,
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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The colony, landed on Roanoke, consisted of one hundred and seven persons, of whom Ralph Lane was the Governor, Amidas, the admiral,
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Shoemakers have given us Sir Cloudesley Shovel the great admiral,
How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon
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"I shall confiscate your craft for my government," went on the admiral,
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Britain had declined the overture of the French government for joint mediation in the American conflict -- Mr. Sibley and other prominent gentlemen were untiring in efforts to entertain the Russian admiral,
Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 Various
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It was known that in the ports of Spain and Portugal Philip was making his slow preparations for a naval attack; his ablest admiral,
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Scarcely had the new Sultan been proclaimed when the Turkish admiral,
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914
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