Speedwell

The ship that bore us from the land, the Speedwell was her name

Henry the Poacher 1999

The only sensible quality of the Speedwell is the powerful astringency of its leaves, and this property serves to protect it from herbivorous foes.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

-- This graceful evergreen, commonly called Speedwell, bears handsome spikes of autumn flowers, and makes a good conservatory or sitting-room plant.

Gardening for the Million Alfred Pink

A little ship called the Speedwell was bought and fitted up.

This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917

The Speedwell was a sound little ship, and carried a mixed cargo to be delivered at the Hudson Bay posts.

The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada William Murray Graydon 1905

At last I met with a sloop called the Speedwell, Captain John Bunton, which belonged to Grenada, and was bound to Martinico, a French island, with a cargo of rice, and I shipped myself on board of her.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by Himself. Vol. II. 1745

His Highness appointed for my husband and his family a third-rate frigate, called the Speedwell; but his Majesty commanded my husband to wait on him in his own ship.

Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. Anne Harrison Fanshawe 1652

I entered my "Speedwell," a prominent stockjobber.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 Various

Next morning King Thedori came on board the "Speedwell" in the captain's boat, which had been sent for him.

Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century George Forbes

I became his passenger on the "Speedwell", it being understood that I was to keep out of sight until Thedori was safely aboard.

Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century George Forbes