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The French have "pinched" one of Britain's popular fictional detectives and turned him into a capitain.
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This doesn't really relate to your post-- anyhoo, thanks for the Bday card mon capitain!
Contact Fresca 2010
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I'm not even going to go into the continuing infatuation with capitain dreadlocks, OR my ridiculous crush on mr. taken.
dragonwench Diary Entry dragonwench 2004
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The Athe - nians were enemies to the Thebanes, and many greate bat - tailes were assaied of theim and foughten: and often tymes the Athenians felt many bitter stormes, and fortune loured of them, he beyng so valiaunt a capitain.
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For he did not onelie commande them to fight, but also apointed Iuda to be their leader and capitain, and yet fell they twise in plain batel against those most wicked adulterers.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1514-1572 1878
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No, she spoileth her self of all power to commande, attributing that authoritie to God, of whom she had her reuelation and certitude to apoint Barak capitain, which after appeareth more plainlie.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1514-1572 1878
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And he by Sisera his capitain afflicted Israel greatlie the space of twentie yeares.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1514-1572 1878
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If she was wife, and if she ruled all alone in Israel, NOTE. then I aske why did she not preferre her husband to that honor to be capitain, and to be leader to the host of the Lord.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1514-1572 1878
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If she was wife, and if she ruled all alone in Israel [119], then I aske why did she not preferre her husband to that honor to be capitain, and to be leader to the host of the Lord.
The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women John Knox 1874
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And he by Sisera his capitain afflicted Israel greatlie the space of twentie yeares.
The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women John Knox 1874
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