Do we say harbor or harbour

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This district is on the sea-coast and possesses a stone-harbor.

"Not three miles off the harbor mouth is a French ship tacking back and forth, and not entirely for pleasure.

A sloop has come into the harbor this morning, and has landed its crew for my especial benefit.

He can talk to them in a quiet and sensible way about these terrible beings, concerning which they are so ignorant, and liable to harbor such foolish fancies.

He brought in the names of these men in his request with the purpose that they should not harbor any ill-will toward him for his operations against their fellow-conspirator Decimus.

So he carried on marauding expeditions until Staius got together a fleet, and sailing into the harbor of Laodicea vanquished the ships that moved out to meet him, and barred Dolabella from the sea also.

The people of Myra took the same action when after capturing their general at the harbor he then released him.

About the 20th of July, Fernando's company joined the regiment of Colonel Bellinger at Sackett's Harbor, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario.

The squadron, alarmed, sailed out of the harbor.

Eight merchant schooners were at Ogdensburg, being converted into American war vessels, and, immediately after being repulsed at Sackett's Harbor, two of the British armed vessels started to Ogdensburg to destroy them.

On the 8th of November, Chauncey appeared in those waters with a fleet of seven armed war-schooners and, after a short cruise, disabled the Royal George and blockaded the British harbor of Kingston.

On May 27, General Scott and Commodore Perry captured Fort George at Niagara, and at the same time Sir George Prevost was repulsed at Sackett's Harbor, New York, by General Brown.

Fort McHenry, which commanded the harbor, was garrisoned by about a thousand men, under Major Armistead, and was supported by redoubts.

Next morning the ship-of-war, the Xenophon was reported lying without the harbor, and at noon, being unable, owing to contrary winds, to enter the harbor, they saw her long-boats landing troops on the northern point of land.

Next morning the ship-of-war, the Xenophon was reported lying without the harbor, and at noon, being unable, owing to contrary winds, to enter the harbor, they saw her long-boats landing troops on the northern point of land.

The Xenophon still hovered near the mouth of the narrow harbor and only waited a favorable wind to enter the bay, and commence the siege which could have but one result.

The night was dark, and the wind from shore strong, so that Captain Lane knew she could not enter the harbor.

"Oh, if we only had one experienced gunner, he would drive the ship from the harbor," he thought.

It fell over on the lee side dragging with it the fore mainstay and crippling the rigging to such an extent that Captain Snipes began to fear he could not get his vessel out of the harbor.

" The wind and tide bore the Xenophon to the mouth of the harbor just beyond the point of Duck Island, where she was temporarily safe from the balls of the avenging thirty-two.

Mr. St. Mark was on the ship in the harbor, and next day came ashore.

He prevailed on them to accompany him, and next day in a swift yacht they sailed out of the harbor and down the coast.

PBEVOST made an unsuccessful attack on Sackett's Harbor,May 29.

These, Mr. Heatherbloom now surmised, it was his excellency's intention to have attended to in some island harbor before proceeding with a longer voyage.

The Greek idiom he used was unadornedthe language of the market-place and harbor-front.

harbour 2109 occurrences

the blackguards!This is worse than I had thought;but you can always make a harbour at Clawbonny?

His last act was to order the destruction of the condensers of the German vessels in the harbour, for which the Germans, upon occupying the city, demanded an indemnity of twenty million francs.

He had to report to the Directors that he dared not send ships to convoy pilgrims lest the crews should mutiny; that a boat could not be manned in Bombay harbour for fear of desertion, while, on shore, he had not a soldier fit to be made a corporal.

Every letter along the coast at this date speaks of the doings of the rovers: every ship coming into harbour told of pirates, of chases and narrow escapes, and of reported captures.

" So bold were the marauders that they cruised in sight of Bombay harbour, and careened their ships in sight of factories along the coast.

Three times he sent a boat to look into Mocha harbour, and bring notice when the Indian ships were ready to sail.

The Sunda Rajah and the factory stood on their guard while he was in harbour.

While off Carwar he careened the Adventure on a small islet in the harbour, which was long known as Kidd's island.

In November, the yacht lay at Honore, taking in a cargo of pepper, when the well-known pirate ships Pelican, Soldado, and Resolution came into harbour for provisions.

On the 18th December, 1699, the Loyal Merchant, Captain Lowth, East Indiaman, lying in Table Bay, saw a small vessel of sixty tons enter the harbour under English colours.

With a fleet of armed vessels carrying thirty and forty guns apiece, with Kennery island in his possession within sight of Bombay harbour, Angria and his successors continued to be a menace to the existence of Bombay, while the Angrian territory became the Alsatia of the Indian seas, where desperadoes of all nationalities were made welcome.

On the 30th August, the Morning Star, with five gallivats and a sloop, arrived off Carwar, and blockaded the harbour till the arrival of Hamilton and the rest of the force on the 12th September.

TO LOUISA MORGAN How blest is he who in his age, exempt From fortune's frowns, and from the troublous strife Of storms that harass still the private life, "Below ambition, and above contempt," Hath gain'd a quiet harbour, where he may Look back on shipwrecks past, without a sigh For busier scenes, and hope's gay dreams gone by!

There is a small fishing village with a pier and harbour at the foot of the rock.

It began to decline as a seafaring place with the loss of its harbour, owing to the receding of the sea along the Sussex shorethe walls, which were formerly almost washed by the waves, being now quite a mile inland.

The gradual decay of the port was due to the retiring of the sea in the fifteenth century, which rendered the harbour useless.

The harbour is still visited by small fishing-boats.

Almost every day, for instance, a German aeroplaneone of the famous Taube flock would come and drop bombs by the Town Hall or the harbour, killing a woman or two and a child, or breaking many panes of glass, but never destroying anything of military importance (for women and children are of no importance in time of war), although down by the docks there were rich stores of ammunition, petrol, and material of every kind.

Its wings are almost freeits home, its harbour found, Measuring the gulf, it stoops and dares the final bound.

SEE Harbour, J. L. The ladies aid at the local theater.

SEE Harbour, J. L. Lena by de football game.

SEE Harbour, J. L. Ma at the basketball game.

SEE Harbour, J. L. Mickey's marker.

SEE Harbour, J. L. Pink ice cream.

A distant harbour.

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