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Example sentences for "victualling"

Lexicographically close words:
victuall; victualled; victualler; victuallers; victualles; victualls; victuals; victum; victus; vicuna
  1. Lawson and myself met to settle the victualling of Tangier for the time past, which with much ado we did, and for a six months' supply more.

  2. Indian Corn, is likewise as well as the Farine de Manyoco and Rice, the common Victualling of our Slave Ships, and is afforded here at 1000 Heads for two Dollars.

  3. Conferences were held between him and the Council in 1599 concerning Ireland, and his advice for the victualling of the garrisons was adopted in the January of the same year.

  4. The victualling of the expedition was confided to Ralegh.

  5. When he was not at sea he was contracting for the victualling and equipment of ships of war.

  6. Footnote 27: See victualling list in the appendix.

  7. July--An order passed to strike off the victualling lists all the German and Swiss settlers, who had arrived in the Speedwell.

  8. A return sent to the Admiral and Victualling Board, at the expiration of every three months.

  9. The person who manages the victualling or mess departments.

  10. The spring fast, during which butchers were prohibited to kill flesh unless for victualling ships, except by special license.

  11. Heydon, Yorkshire, was convicted of peculation in his semi-official capacity as corn-factor to the Victualling Board.

  12. Hood is fortifying himself, victualling himself; means, apparently, to make a new Gibraltar of it.

  13. Nelson had a slight acquaintance with Lady Hamilton; and upon his representations of the urgent necessity for victualling his fleet, secret instructions were given that he should be supplied with all he required.

  14. They also left the Spanish slaves behind, to work the plantations, and to grow maize and sweet potatoes for the future victualling of the fleet.

  15. Provision ships were passing continually, either to Nombre de Dios or Cartagena, with food for the citizens or for the victualling of the plate fleets.

  16. The army rested at Venta Cruz for three days, while maize and rice were collected for the victualling of the boats.

  17. Povy, to my great surprise and wonder, did here attacque me in his own and Mr. Bland's behalf that I should do for them both for the new contractors for the victualling of the garrison.

  18. It seems poor Mr. Daniel is dead of the Victualling Office, a place too good for this puppy to follow him in.

  19. So to the Victualling office, and then home.

  20. So home to supper, and then to my office late, Mr. Andrews and I to talk about our victualling commission, and then he being gone I to set down my four days past journalls and expenses, and so home to bed.

  21. But by the blessing of God upon my care I hope to lay up something more in a little time, if this business of the victualling of Tangier goes on as I hope it will.

  22. Thence to White Hall to the Tangier Committee, and there, above my expectation, got the business of our contract for the victualling carried for my people, viz.

  23. Then broke up and Mr. Alsop and his company came and consulted about our Tangier victualling and brought it to a good head.

  24. But my heart and head to-night is full of the Victualling business, being overjoyed and proud at my success in my proposal about it, it being read before the King, Duke, and the Caball with complete applause and satisfaction.

  25. To my office, where busy with Mr. Gawden running over the Victualling business, and he is mightily pleased that this course is taking and seems sensible of my favour and promises kindnesse to me.

  26. Willson to discourse about the Victualling business, and the alterations of the pursers' trade, for something must be done to secure the King a little better, and yet that they may have wherewith to live.

  27. My business of the Victualling goes on as I would have it; and now my head is full how to make some profit of it to myself or people.

  28. Hater with me, and there spent the evening till midnight discoursing and settling of our Victualling business, that thereby I might draw up instructions for the Surveyours and that we might be doing something to earne our money.

  29. So to supper at home and to bed, after many people being with me about business, among others the two Bellamys about their old debt due to them from the King for their victualling business, out of which I hope to get some money.

  30. Sometimes we got parties to go off to the Victory, at others across to the Victualling Yard, and occasionally up the harbour to Porchester Castle.

  31. To my worthy friend James Wallace, commissioner of the victualling office, 100l.

  32. It has a steam factory, naval and victualling yards, hospitals, and a coal depot.

  33. It is retained by Britain as a naval sanatorium, coaling and victualling station, and store depot.

  34. Secretary to the Victualling Board, The coast here makes a turn to the southward, and about six miles further on, where it resumes its easterly direction, a river about one hundred yards wide flows into the sea, betwixt two sand hills.

  35. Stapylton, Chairman of the Victualling Board; and on ascending a rising ground we perceived that it communicates with a long, narrow lake.

  36. Vessels were provided to carry the settlers wherever they wished, and provision made for victualling them on the voyage, as well as for a short time after their landing in their new homes.

  37. They had a ship, but no provisions for the voyage, and on account of the prohibition were prevented from victualling at one of the islands.

  38. He strictly practised what he professed, and both as a merchant, and afterwards as a commissioner for victualling the navy, his conduct was without stain.

  39. When the upright Jonas Hanway officiated as commissioner in the victualling department, he declined to receive a present of any kind from a contractor; refusing thus to be biassed in the performance of his public duty.

  40. The result was, his appointment shortly after, as one of the commissioners for victualling the navy.

  41. Ruthenia," previously a dummy battleship, became the storeship and headquarters of the Victualling and Naval Store Officers, and the Fleet Coaling Officer took up his quarters in R.

  42. To the right is a victualling hoy, dropping alongside of the seventy-four; and in the distance is seen a first-rate.

  43. But I am so far from it, that I have the trouble upon my mind how to dispose of Mr. Gibson and one or two more I am concerned for in the Victualling business, which are to be now discharged.

  44. The eddy made by the sinking ship was so great that a large victualling barge which lay alongside was drawn in, and lost with her.

  45. Like Ryde and Yarmouth it throve by victualling the great war fleets and convoys that often lay wind-bound in the Solent.

  46. Afterwards Henry VIII in 1545 used the ground as the site of the huge depĂ´t needed for the victualling and fitting out of the hundred high-sterned, cumbersome ships with which he intended to sail and attack the French coast.

  47. After its suppression by Henry VIII the hall, the only remaining portion of the ancient buildings, was set apart for use as a brew house, and at a later period was used as a naval victualling store.

  48. He had chartered her for the homeward voyage," answered Hartop, "and spent his last groat in victualling her.

  49. Gilbert had been on board many times during the past two weeks while the business of preparation and victualling was in progress.

  50. For, as if the ill results of bad victualling of the Queen's ships in 1588 had not been a sufficient lesson, the food supplied to the present expedition was of the poorest sort, and it was little wonder that there was much discontent.


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