marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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And inside of that marine league, as it is called, the cruisers of one nation mustn't trouble the ships of another with which it happens to be at war.
From Marcy The Blockade Runner by White, George G. (George Gorgas)
She was steering for Flores, and probably, like the Starlight, had her eye on the marine league.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
He next charged that the prize-master had brought her within the marine league after her capture.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
But they were warned of their danger by some boats, and, the weather being foggy, they got inside the marine league without being seen by the Confederates.
From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Goodrich, Albert M.
In the days of Napoleon, it gave 1,237 to the square marine league, a density greater than that of either France or England at that period.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry
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