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Example sentences for "victualled"

Lexicographically close words:
victrola; victual; victualed; victualing; victuall; victualler; victuallers; victualles; victualling; victualls
  1. It consisted of fifty Spanish and forty other vessels,--all well manned, and victualled for a much longer voyage.

  2. It was garrisoned by five hundred men, was well provided with ammunition, and was victualled for a two months' siege.

  3. The town was victualled for three weeks, and the magazines were tolerably well supplied with ammunition.

  4. William and Lady Hamilton, "we have victualled and watered; and surely watering at the fountain of Arethusa, we must have victory.

  5. A small ship was despatched to follow up their discovery: but as she was only victualled for two months, I need scarcely add that she did not find them.

  6. We were in all, on board that little vessel, one hundred and twenty-three souls, victualled for sixteen weeks.

  7. Of pioneers they had seven-and-forty thousand, all victualled and paid for six months and four days of advance.

  8. The city of Naples was commanded by two strong fortresses still held by the French, which, being well victualled and supplied with ammunition, showed no disposition to surrender.

  9. It was victualled for six months; and was attended by twenty lesser ships, called caravals, and ten salves with six oars apiece.

  10. The queen victualled her navy by means of this prerogative, during the first years of he reign.

  11. He tried to keep the town well victualled and in good defence, and was zealous to do as he was bidden by Cromwell, though seldom successful, for he lacked ability.

  12. He was far more anxious to have the town well victualled and defended, in case of a sudden attack from France or Spain.

  13. There is no place," he wrote to Walsingham, "whence the Spaniards are so thoroughly victualled as from us.

  14. It would have continued until Antwerp had been victualled for more than a year, had not the city authorities, in the plentitude of their wisdom, thought proper to issue orders for its regulation.

  15. They had learned that, while they would be victualled on board, they must take with them wine and other matters they required over and above the ship's fare.

  16. Doubtless they would be victualled on board, but he would have to dress well and probably pay a share in the expenses that would be incurred for wine and other things on board.

  17. Seven days out of the nine for which we were victualled having now elapsed, a party was selected for walking over to the ships on the following day, should the ice still continue in its present state.

  18. A further grievous burden (vehemens onus) was to be laid upon them; they were called upon to provide no less than twenty-six ships, fully equipped and victualled at their own cost.

  19. Nothing was said at the time about victualling the fleet, but we learn from a later entry in the City’s Journal that they were victualled for three months.

  20. She was victualled for fifteen months, and laden with trinkets for the South Sea Islanders.

  21. However, the queen approved of the plan, and gave him four ships, equipped and victualled for two years.

  22. The ships were victualled for fifteen months.

  23. Fourteen four-masted ships, a part of them with crews of two hundred and fifty men, were equipped and victualled for two years.

  24. And they sailed again to the Island of Sheep, and they victualled them well, and took their leave of that old man and returned again to ship.

  25. And then Saint Brandon purposed soon after for to seek that place by God's help, and anon began to purvey for a good ship and a strong, and victualled it for seven years.

  26. Several other settlers also, who had been victualled from the public stores long beyond the period allowed them by the crown, were struck off from the victualling books.

  27. There were at this time victualled on the island sixteen free people, fifty-one male convicts, twenty-three female convicts, and four children.

  28. There might be a matter of twenty-five of them that held it and victualled it by boats from the sea at night.

  29. They victualled themselves how they could from the sea; but indeed they had food enough within the tower of the old lord's storing, except that at first they lacked of fresh meat, which in the summer time was a grievous thing.

  30. She flew no flag and showed no outward sign of life on board, but she was known to be a German vessel, well crewed, victualled and provided.

  31. Christian, without a word regarding future movements, engaged her, and she was promptly victualled with several days' supplies.

  32. Thirdly, He, his family and servants, are victualled at the expence of the government for six months.

  33. Sixthly, That at the expiration of the above period of five years, the whole of the government works which are now for the most part carried on by convicts, victualled and clothed from the king's stores, should be performed by contract.

  34. The public buildings are a church (not yet I believe completed) a school house and stores for the reception and issue of provisions to such of the settlers in the adjacent districts as are victualled at the expense of the government.


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