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Sentences starting with captain

Captain and Quartermaster Zorrillo, remained behind to hold the citizens in check. [10]
Captain Hawthorne's beautiful yacht, tastefully decorated, was in waiting, and the happy bride and her friends immediately departed on a bridal trip to Lahaina and Haleakala. [5]
Captain Newport arrived with a new supply of seventy persons. [4]
Captain Stanwix's wife, who was a good, motherly person, took charge of the little orphan, and arriving at Carvel Hall delivered her to my grandfather, who brought her up as his own daughter. [9]
Captain Basil Hall, who saw it at flood-stage, says-- 'Sometimes we passed along distances of twenty or thirty miles without seeing a single habitation. [5]
Captain McCarty's company was set to making canoes, and the rest of us looked on apathetically as the huge trees staggered and fell amidst a fountain of spray in the shallow water. [9]
Captain Leonard Helm was sent to take charge of Vincennes, and Captain Montgomery set out across the mountains for Williamsburg with letters praying the governor of Virginia to come to our assistance. [9]
Captain Shewell's eye was now much on the Cormorant. [11]
Captain Tom Bowling was garrulous. [5]
Captain Lige himself was at the other end. [9]

Sentences ending with captain

But where is your captain? [9]
He said: "If you know that to be true, you have not lost your time, Captain. [5]
He rose to withdraw; but she detained him, saying: "Now it is your turn, Captain. [10]
We would spend whole days on the wharves, all bustle and excitement, sometimes seated on the capstan of the Sprightly Bess or perched in the nettings of the Oriole, of which ship old Stanwix was now captain. [9]
Why, I thought we'd made that pretty clear, Captain. [9]
How long I was gazing at the shifting coast I know not, for a strange wildness was within me that made me forget all else, until suddenly I became conscious of a presence at my side, and turned to behold the captain. [9]
Besides the military was a sober deputation of citizens, and hovering behind the whole a horde of curious, blanketed braves, come to get a first glimpse of the great white captain. [9]
She was enthroned upon a heap of drift-wood, and when I caught sight of her face I forgot the very existence of the police captain. [9]
He was trying to remember that he was the Captain. [9]
I ran out to meet him, and he threw his arms about me on the street so that those who were passing smiled, for all knew the captain. [9]

Short sentences using captain

Captain, I thank you. [9]
Captain Sevier startled them. [9]
The captain of the Ste. [11]
You all know the captain. [9]
I looked for the captain. [9]
It's sure worth tackling, Captain. [9]
I cal'late we'll stick, Captain. [9]
When do you start, captain? [11]
What do you say, Captain? [10]
But the Captain only glared. [9]

Sentences containing captain two or more times

I recall as yesterday the day Captain Clapsaddle rode to the Hall, his horse covered with sweat, and the reluctant tidings of Captain Jack Carvel's death on his lips. [9]
And he says to me, 'Lige, you're captain now, the youngest captain on the river. [9]
I was at the Government prison, (with Captain Fish and another whaleship-skipper, Captain Phillips,) and got so interested in its examination that I did not notice how quickly the time was passing. [5]
The fellow answered that Captain Clapsaddle's honour was killing Mr. Allen, and went out; and came back presently to say that some tall gentleman had the captain by the neck, and that Mr. Allen was picking his way down the ice on the steps outside. [9]
This morning Captain Stoddard of the United States Army, empowered to act as a Commissioner of the French Republic, arrived with Captain Lewis and a guard of American troops. [9]
Some reported they saw it, some that Captain Smith said so, and some that one Beadle, the lieutenant of Captain Davis, did relate it. [4]
The captain had recognized the speaker as the captain of the watch from Fostat, an inexorable man; and now, for the first time, he clearly understood the deadly peril of the enterprise. [10]
According to his own story it was on October 20, 1609, that he was taken up the river to Powhatan by Captain Smith, and it was in April, 1613, that he was rescued from his easy-setting captivity on the Potomac by Captain Argall. [4]
Of course both of us could not return to St. Louis on the same boat--no pilot could be found, and the Captain sent me to the A. T. Lacey, with orders to her Captain to bring me to Saint Louis. [5]
Captain Grant did not reply to that, nor did Captain Lige expect him to, as it was the custom of this strange and silent man to speak ill of no one. [9]

More example sentences with the word captain in them

By St. Patrick, you've made yourself captain with the good-will of all, and your iron hand has held the thing together. [11]
Remember me to your husband, and tell him, that Captain Allertssohn's body has been brought in and to-morrow is appointed for the funeral. [10]
Let Paulus be your captain, for he is strong, cautious and brave. [10]
And we want your captain, alive or dead. [9]
Carry word to your captain that we'll overhaul him by sundown, and sink him before supper. [11]
The captain of your brother Philometor's Philobasilistes is bought over, and will stand by us; but his price was high--Komanus was forced to offer him twenty talents before he would bite. [10]
He was too young to die, but he had gold, and the captain of the citadel needed money. [11]
There was a young man cordially and unconcernedly shaking hands with her father and Captain Lige. [9]
He was very young for the captain of a large New Orleans packet. [9]
He recognized his young captain of dragoons the Governor apologized, and Clarence slept that night in the cabin. [9]
I appeal to you, Mr. Ritchie,"--he was still talking in French--"I appeal to you, who are a man of affairs,"--and he swept me a bow,--"if a captain would risk taking a fugitive to France for eight hundred livres? [9]
Good to see you, Captain, on a day like this. [9]
And what do you think it was that saved the ship, and Captain Coram, and so in due time gave to London that Foundling Hospital which he endowed, and under the floor of which he lies buried? [6]
The rest of you shall march for Kentucky," he cried, "as soon as Captain Bowman's company can be relieved at Cahokia. [9]
I haven't asked you any of the particulars, Captain, but I judge it goes without saying--if my experience is worth anything--that there wasn't much of a hooraw made over you when you arrived--now was there? [5]
Nearly a hundred years ago the crew of the British ship Bounty mutinied, set the captain and his officers adrift upon the open sea, took possession of the ship, and sailed southward. [5]
And have you writ Captain Clapsaddle and your Whig friends at home of your new intimacies, of Mr. Fox and my Lord Sandwich? [9]
By day he would look his dumb compassion in the captain's face; and by night, in the darkness and the driving spray and rain, he would seek out the captain and try to comfort him with caressing pats on the shoulder. [5]
But the captain would have none of the precautions he urged; declared he would walk the deck as usual, and vowed he could cope single-handed with a dozen cowards like Maxwell. [9]
A sterner court would examine the case in Sydney--the Court of Directors, the lords of a company in whose ships the captain had served as mate a number of years. [5]
To acknowledge it would be ruin, for all the world knows that Captain Philip d'Avranche of the King's navy is now the adopted son of the Duc de Bercy. [11]
Joan set to work at once, and concerted a plan with Guillaume de Flavy, captain of the city--a plan for a sortie toward evening against the enemy, who was posted in three bodies on the other side of the Oise, in the level plain. [5]
There were high words along the railing among the duke's supporters, Captain Lewis, in his anger, going above an inference that the stallion had been broken privately. [9]
They drew the wood-boat aft, and they and the captain fought back the frantic herd of frightened immigrants till the wounded could be brought there and placed in safety first. [5]
A guard is without to take Captain Moray to the common jail. [11]
He was received with the usual formalities, and was greeted at once by Captain Shewell. [11]
A spy, mingling with the crowd, had laid hands on him, and the captain of the watch had forthwith hurried to the Serapeum to boast of a success which might confirm him in his yet uncertain position. [10]
He was treated with marked courtesy by the captain and with marked deference by all the officers and servants; and this deferential spirit was quickly communicated to the passengers, too. [5]
When the ferryboat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft. [5]
It was so with Captain Jack, who blossomed in a week; and few could vie with him, I warrant you, after he made his decision. [9]
Our captain is willing to consider conditions. [11]
The young captain, who on board ship was so bashful and retiring, as soon as he was on land altered his time. [10]
How little Peter, who drummed on the table to the tune of: "Give three cheers and one cheer more For the hearty captain of the Pinafore," imagined what was going on beside him! [9]
They could only whine out execrations on the man who had dared something; who, if he had succeeded, would have been hailed as the great leader of a Revolution, not the scorned and humiliated captain of a filibustering expedition. [11]
Twelve years before, while still sharing the tent of the Walloon captain Grandgagnage, it had been given her, she could not say how or by whom. [10]
The work with which Warner himself was least satisfied was his life of Captain John Smith, which came out in 18881. [4]
I don't know where my captain got his kerosene idea. [5]
And they laughed when Mr. Clarence tried to explain that he had not long since been the dapper captain of the State Dragoons. [9]
More than once when I climbed to our garret I found the captain seated on the three-legged chair, with his head between his hands, sunk in reflection. [9]
His consumptive appearance when he went on board caused the captain to say to himself, "There's a chap who will go overboard before we get across;" but his condition was much improved by the voyage. [4]
Do you know what brought tears to the eyes of the guards?--What made the captain and the sailors turn their heads away from us, lest we should see that their faces were wet? [11]
In the company were two Indians, Machumps and Namontack, whose acquaintance we have before made, returning from England, whither they had been sent by Captain Smith. [4]
He and Virginia were shown into the bare military room of the commanding officer, and thither presently came Captain Lyon himself. [9]
But the tents were pitched, and at that moment the young Captain was seen to hand over his horse to an orderly, and to come toward them. [9]
All the quality were in the country, of course, save only four gentlemen of the local Patriots' committee, of which Captain Daniel was a member, and with whom he had an appointment at ten. [9]
Councils of war were held over the advisability of seizing Mr. Carvel's house at Glencoe, but proof was lacking until one rainy night in June a captain and ten men spurred up the drive and swung into a big circle around the house. [9]
After the ranks were broken, Major Sherman and the Judge went to talk to Captain Lyon and the Union Leader, who was now a Colonel of one of the Volunteer regiments. [9]
Among the delegates were Bowen and Kelly of Will; Captain Naper, H. H. Cody, Nathan Allen, of Du Page; W. M. Jackson, J. M. Strode, P. W. Platt, and Enos W. Smith of McHenry; J. Horssnan and others of Winnebago. [7]
This time he went straight to the window, looked at it, tried the stanchions, and then, with an amused attempt at being cunning and hiding his own vigilance, he asked me, with laborious hypocrisy, if I had seen Captain Lancy pass the window. [11]
When the captain went out and he was left alone, suddenly he came to himself and realized the position he was in. [2]
Nevertheless it is well-known that I have given up to the town a larger measure of time and labor and moneys than many a town-mayor and captain of watch. [10]
My brother is well--I have no feeling against Captain Moray on his account; and as for spying--well, it is only a painful epithet for what is done here and everywhere all the time. [11]
I may as well say to you now that I have chosen the Citizen Captain to go at once to New Orleans and organize a regiment among the citizens there faithful to France. [9]
An hour later we were on board his yacht, Wilderness, being introduced to MacGregor, the captain, to Mr. Dagmar Caramel, C.M.G., his guest, and to some freshly made American cocktails. [11]
The captain said we ought to shorten sail anyway, out of common prudence. [5]
Sure enough, when we got to the depot, we found a couch spread for the Captain, and both of us were passed on to New York with no visits, but those of civility, from the conductor. [6]
How at dawn we found them gone, and Kenton and Harrod and brave Captain Montgomery set out in pursuit, with Cowan and Tom and Ray. [9]
Among the names we find that of Captain John Smith. [4]
I made my way, Banks behind me, into Church Street, past the "Ship" tavern, which brought memories of the brawl there, and of Captain Clapsaddle forcing the mob, like chaff, before his sword. [9]
There they silently watched the sunset, golden, purple and splendid--and ominous, as the captain knew. [11]
A fourth bed was waiting ready for the Captain, but not one word had been heard of him, though inquiries had been made in the towns from and through which the father had brought his two sons and the lieutenant-colonel. [6]
Though he himself was treated by his comrades as one of themselves, and had often heard Kasana's father speak kindly of his kindred, yet "strangers" were hateful in the eyes of the captain of the archers, and of all free Egyptians. [10]
The lawyer's captain was to cruise in the North Pacific, and he could not go back or make a port without orders. [5]
Impatient as I was to be gone, I sat me down in the coffee room, thinking every minute the man must return, and strongly apprehensive that Captain Daniel must be in some grave predicament. [9]
The young person was talking earnestly with the captain, and, on his turning round, Mr. William Murray Bradshaw had the pleasure of recognizing his young friend, Mr. Cyprian Eveleth. [6]
A British captain was struck by a cannon-ball on the head, just as he was giving an order, at the Battle of the Nile. [6]
Hereupon Burs Bey was sore afraid; thus he had cast the victorious Captain into prison, and many feared for Tagri that his life would not be spared. [10]
D. D. Porter was placed in command of the steamer Powhatan, and Captain Samuel Mercer was detached therefrom, by my special order, and neither of them is responsible for any apparent or real irregularity on their part or in connection with that vessel. [7]
When that door was opened and the prisoners, crowding against one another like a flock of sheep, squeezed into the exit, Pierre pushed his way forward and approached that very captain who as the corporal had assured him was ready to do anything for him. [2]
When Captain Burnaby was on his way to Khiva he would tolerate no Oriental exaggeration of his army rank, although a higher title would have smoothed his way and added to his consideration. [4]
But the boat was not more than a day out of New Orleans before Stephen discovered that the captain was boasting of his exploit, and that all the officers had been told. [5]
I knew it was not a rat this time, and I thought it might be a centipede, because the Captain had killed one on deck in the afternoon. [5]
And how greatly was I surprised to see Gotz, taller than of old, appear before me in the magnificent array and harness of a chief captain in the army of the all-powerful Republic of Venice! [10]
That something shameful was his yesterday's conversation with Captain Ramballe. [2]
While the captain was giving the mate his final orders, Mr. Orchardson, for such was his name, regaled us with a part of his life's history. [9]
After the boat was fast to the landing stage he remained watching the captain, who was speaking a few parting words to some passengers of fashion. [9]
A wild red was ever in the Carvel blood, in Captain Jack, in Lionel, in the ancestor of King Charles's day, who fought and bled and even gambled for his king. [9]
But the captain was describing West Indian life to Mrs. [9]
Once when he was captain of the 'Crescent City,' I was bringing the boat into port at New Orleans, and momently expecting orders from the hurricane deck, but received none. [5]
One of them was Captain Lancy, whom I had very good reason to remember. [11]
People said it was but natural that she should fall in love with Captain Jack, my father. [9]
The blonde's captain was bound on a whaling cruise in the North Atlantic and could not go back such a distance or make a port without orders; such being nautical law. [5]
If Captain Jones was ambitious of personal glory, he may never, at least, be accused of mercenary motives. [9]
Our young captain was a very handsome man, tall and perfectly formed, the very figure to show up a smart uniform's best effects. [5]
Among his followers was a stout old captain, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. [6]
For instance, I was a pilot once, but I gave it up, and I do not believe the captain of the Minneapolis would let me navigate his ship to London. [5]
The old captain was a flaming son of Mars, whose nose militia, war, general training, and New England rum had painted with the color of glory and disaster. [4]
Our captain, however, was a cool man and a seaman, and slipped through the cruisers lying in wait off the Capes very triumphantly. [9]
He remembered the warnings of Captain Lige and Virginia. [9]
Flashes of danger warned him now and then, just at the beginning of the journey, as it were; just before he had found it necessary to become her champion against the captain and his calumnies; but they were of the instant only. [11]
Now, the sloop-of- war the Wasp, Captain Blakely, after gloriously capturing the Reindeer and the Avon, had disappeared from the face of the ocean, and was supposed to be lost. [6]
And so we walked through and on to the little street beyond, and never a word from the captain until we came opposite the sign of the Hurcheon. [9]
While ordering the waiter to bring him a mug of beer, Captain Allertssohn appeared with Junker von Warmond, who had taken part in the consultation at Peter Van der Werff's, and bravely earned his captain's sash two years before at the capture of Brill. [10]
But the captain wadna hark to my rede when I tauld him naught but dool wad cooin o' taking Mungo. [9]
Captain Lige's cheery voice roused her from below--and her father's laugh. [9]
Presently only two visitors were left, a French halfbreed call Lablache, a swaggering, vicious fellow, and the captain of the steamer, Ste. [11]
An hour later, Virginia and her aunt and the Captain, followed by Mammy aster and Rosetta and Susan, were walking through the streets of the stillest city in the Union. [9]
Well, Captain Hume Vidall was something of an artist, more, however, in principle than by temperament. [11]
In releasing the vessel, the ragamuffins seem to have had a touch of humor, for they gave the captain a "receipt" for what they had taken, and an order on the British consul at Messina to pay for the same. [4]
Mr. Bixby was very willing to open boxes, and to make himself useful and agreeable; but it must be remembered that a good captain of mercenaries owes a sacred duty to his followers. [9]

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