431 examples of malta in sentences

I will crave leave to put down a few lines of old Christopher Marlowe's; I take them from his tragedy, "The Jew of Malta."

I was much interested to read the British press upon the alleged proposal of the German Chancellor that we should give up (presumably to Germany) Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt, and suchlike key possessions.

It was "about first-drink time," as the captain of the Tsuen-Chau, bound for Shanghai and Japan ports, observed to his friend Cesare Domenico, a good British subject born at Malta.

Nevertheless, since then the Emperor has actually applied to the British Consul to allow eunuchs to be brought down the Mediterranean in English steamers, in the same way as these were brought from Malta to Gibraltar in the Prometheusas, forsooth, servants and passengers.

"La Bella Sorrentina is not the Bucentaur, nor a galley of the Grand Master of Malta; but, for her size, better rooms are not to be had in the palace of the Doge.

It is a proof of weakness to undervalue the strength of an adversaryfor so at least he hath recently declared himself on this question of temporal power, by his petty aggressions and triumphs in Malta, Parma, Lucca, and Genoa.

3. Jew of Malta, a Tragedy played before the King and Queen at Whitehall, 1633.

His four plays are "Tamburlaine," "Faustus," "The Jew of Malta," and "Edward II.

I do not know whether I shall do much more to this letter before I reach Malta, for we are both rolling and pitching, which is not favourable to writing, the climate has now changed.

We expect to reach Malta this evening, and remain about four hours.

The passeport made by the great Maister of Malta vnto the Englishmen in the barke Raynolds.

Dauid Filly patrono, furimensata detta naue nel presente general porto di Malta, secondo l'ordine del venerando Generale de dette galere, et essendo qua, monsignor Inquisitore ha impedita quella per conto del sancto officio, et si diede parte alla santita di nostro signor Gregorio papa xiij.

Giuen at Malta in our Conuent, the twelfth of the moneth of Iuly, in the yeere 1582.

Knight of Malta, iv.

Some Castilians, sailing under the command of Garcia de Loaysa, a knight of Malta, landed in 1525 on the island of St Matthew, in two degrees of southern latitude.

Ippolito de' Medici left a son by his mistress, Asdrubale, who became a soldier and a knight of Malta.

We met him at Malta on his return from Athens, where he had been with Lord Ruthven's party.

I go Arabia, I go Calcutta, Hyderabad, Poonah, Bombay, Georgia, Armenia, Constantinople, Malta, Gibraltar.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: The inclosed letter, written from Malta by Richard O'Brien, our late consul at Algiers, giving some details of transactions before Tripoli, is communicated for the information of Congress. TH.

Of the fifty probably not more than a dozen had been born in England or France, the others being natives of Malta, Greecethe usual Levantines.

There sleeps beneath Italian skies A lovely island rich in fame, In days of old a longed-for prize, And bearing still an honored name, A spot renowned from age to age, An ancient Roman heritage; A valued stronghold, for whose sake Unnumbered men have fought and died, The Malta of the Larian lake, Forever armed and fortified, To Como's shores the master-key, The guardian of its liberty.

When the Harpy was at Malta, Jack, wroth at the way the two men talked at him, declared he would give them satisfaction.

Suddenly there was a trumpet-blast, loud as a thunder-clap, followed by bells ringing as rapidly as those of the churches in Malta; as these died away, the hum of human voices and the tread of human feet along the passages followed, and then all was once more hushed in silence.

SEE Malta, Knights of.

Knights of Malta, also declaration of principles, scriptural quotations and allusions, by Sidney Morse.

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