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In the month of January 1698-9, he wa5 ordered to the Eaft Indies, under the command of commodore George Warren, who was fent thither lo fupprefs a very formid - able band of pirates, who had fettled on the ifland of Madagafcar, and had long infefted thofe feas.
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If we were confcious of any thing blaraeable, in regard to the kccoont that was given cf the fcrmcn to which the prefent publica* ion relers, it wa5, that we treated it in too gentle a manner, fiut
The Monthly Review 1772
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Botj while thTs Author wa5 cenfuring our raodeni play wtitcrs for t uqn, he vyas not, pcrbap, aware how mucb he
The Monthly Review 1772
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64 NAVALHISTOHT by our hiftorians 5 for, in the beginning of this eupcdhion, the king of Denmark had conquered the Orkneys: and indeed, con* fidering the force with which he invaded it, there wa5 no fmali probability of his reducing England.
Lives of the British Admirals:: Containing a New and Accurate Naval History ... 1785
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VW now per -, ceived that the |] u; p*s keel. wa5 brtjkenj wliich
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