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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word of uncertain meaning (perhaps a loading, burdening, restraint) in the following passage:
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Ah! je me ha ` is bien de tout le mal que je vous cause; trois journ ` ees de route, autant de nuits d ` etestables, une embarquement, un passage, le risque de mille accidens, voil ` a le bien que je vous procure.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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In the first of these, dated from Lisbon, March, 1662, Creed wrote: "My Lord Embassador doth all he can to hasten the Queen's Majestie's embarquement, there being reasons enough against suffering any unnecessary delay."
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Mar/Apr 1661/62 Pepys, Samuel 1662
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'I delivered your letter this evening and had a long conference with both the Ministers: Mr. Choiseul assured me upon his word of honour that Your R.H. should be inform'd in time before the departure of Mr. de Gouillon, {309a} so that you might go with that embarquement if you thought proper, upon which I interrupted him and told him if they were destined for the Kingdom of Ireland that it would be to no manner of purpose, for I was certain you would not go, and that you had at all times expressly ordered me to tell them so; he continued his conversation and said you should be equally informed when the P. of S. {309b} embarked.
Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles Andrew Lang 1878
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Embassador doth all he can to hasten the Queen's Majestie's embarquement, there being reasons enough against suffering any unnecessary delay. "
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Embassador doth all he can to hasten the Queen's Majestie's embarquement, there being reasons enough against suffering any unnecessary delay. "
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 15: March/April 1661-62 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Embassador doth all he can to hasten the Queen's Majestie's embarquement, there being reasons enough against suffering any unnecessary delay. "
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1662 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
ruzuzu commented on the word embarquement
"embarguement; < OF. embarquement, taking ship, putting into a ship, loading: see embarkment. Embargo does not appear to have been in use in any form in Shakspere's time.'>Occurring in the following passage in Shakspere, where some editions have embarguement; < OF. embarquement, taking ship, putting into a ship, loading: see embarkment. Embargo does not appear to have been in use in any form in Shakspere's time. A word of uncertain meaning (perhaps a loading, burdening, restraint) in the following passage:
The prayers of priests, nor times of sacrifice,
Embarquements var. embarguements all of fury.
Shak., Cor., i. 10."
--The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
January 5, 2011