marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It has been said that the Proserpine, when this incident occurred, was off the point of the Campanella, distance about half a marine league.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by James Fenimore Cooper
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 Raphael Semmes
Steaming beyond the marine league, I hauled the transport alongside, and we got on board from her the remainder of our armament, and stores.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
They were still lying to, and fortunately for me, they were four or five miles off; outside of the charmed marine league.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
Accordingly he set sail from the harbor of Havana, and cruised up and down at a distance of more than a marine league from the coast, awaiting the appearance of the vessel.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
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