Chapter XX

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From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

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From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

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From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

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From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

plural of “account” — a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

later than; following

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

(classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

bring into balance or equilibrium

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

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From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

confined by bonds

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

a path over which electrical signals can pass

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

go after with the intent to catch

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

plural of “consequence” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

a person who carries a message

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

inflected form of “defer” — hold back to a later time

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

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From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

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From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an opposing military force

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

use or manipulate to one's advantage

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the month following January and preceding March

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

plural of “force” — a powerful effect or influence

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

unflinching in battle or action

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an aggressive and violent young criminal

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

provoking horror

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

not producing an intended effect

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

past form of “intercept” — seize on its way

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

a native or inhabitant of Italy

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

become part of; become a member of a group or organization

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the act of departing

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the literary culture

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

a commissioned military officer

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

a republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

kill intentionally and with premeditation

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

musketeers and their muskets collectively

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

according to the clock

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

having official authority or sanction

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

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From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

to extremes

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

cause to suffer a blight

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

the act of having and controlling property

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

an officer or crew member of a privateer

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

make a promise or commitment

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

inflected form of “quit” — put an end to a state or an activity

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the manner in which something is greeted

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

-ing form of “result” — issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

propose a toast to

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

plural of “shipmate” — an associate on the same ship with you

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the act of guiding or showing the way

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

plural of “stratagem” — a maneuver in a game or conversation

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

carry out

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

caused to fall to the ground

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

a port city and naval base in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading At 2 A.M., being about ten or twelve miles from Otranto, a sail was perceived steering for that port.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

a city in Veneto on the River Adige

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

precisely as stated

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

member of a vigilance committee

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Capture of General Bordé and his staff--A gallant boarding exploit--A horrible murder by Italian prisoners of war--Success of our navy--A balance of accounts--My promotion--Quitting the _Bacchante_--Pain of leaving old friends and brave shipmates--The plague at Malta--Captain Pell gives me a passage home--An ineffectual chase and a narrow escape--Stratagems of the enemy--Toulon--Gibraltar--The English Channel--Ingenious device of Captain Pell resulting in the curious capture of a French privateer--Arrival in England--A kind reception by the First Lord of the Admiralty--An official promise--“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick”--A return to London--The peace of 1814--Its consequences--Half-pay and an end to all adventures.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.

which person or people

From this reading She had on board of her General Bordé with his staff, who, we had discovered by intercepted letters, was then on his passage to take the command of the French forces at Verona.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading The wind being very light, our boats were despatched under Lieutenant Hood, who captured the enemy by boarding, in a gallant style, after a warm salute of grape and musketry, and before the rest of our boats could join him.

in the company of; together with

From this reading On 13th February, at about 10 o’clock P.M., after a long chase we captured the _Vigilante_, a French courier gunboat bound for Otranto with despatches, which, of course, were thrown overboard before we took possession of her.