marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Iroquois never loses sight of us, violating the neutrality of the port by night by coming within the marine league to observe us.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
The right of capture does not exist within the marine league.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
All this time the two mates came steadily on, until the whole of the little fleet of boats was, by this time, not less than a marine league distant from the schooners.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
She remained a few hours to supply herself with refreshments, and as night fell took her station; but not at the distance of a marine league during the night.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
An air-line drawn from St. Saphorin to Meillerie, would have passed between the spars of the Winkelried, her distance from her haven, consequently, a little exceeded a marine league.
From The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons by Cooper, James Fenimore
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