marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The easy going governor contented himself with a written statement of Captain Semmes that the captures were made outside of the marine league.
From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Goodrich, Albert M.
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
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 Semmes, Raphael
It is generally understood that a nation's authority extends out into the sea a marine league from shore.
From Studies in Civics by McCleary, J. T. (James Thompson)
The progress of the two fleets was very much the same, both squadrons struggling along through the billows, at the rate of about a marine league in the hour.
From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore
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