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Captain Vincent himself had been impressed by Peyrol's manuvre.

The Rover 1923

This manuvre in connection with the information of which I spoke decided me to overhaul him and see what he had on board. ''

The Rover 1923

But when Peyrol suddenly altered his course, the master of the man-of-war, noticing the manuvre, took up the long glass for a look.

The Rover 1923

Bobby Wick, with an ugly bruise on his freckled nose, a sick and shaky detachment to manuvre in ship, and the comfort of fifty scornful females to attend to, had no time to feel home-sick till the Malabar reached mid-Channel, when he doubled his emotions with a little guard-visiting and a great many other matters.

Under the Deodars Rudyard Kipling 1900

A cloud of dust, arising at the moment of this manuvre, hid from Richard and his attendants the camp, the palm-trees, and the distant ridge of mountains, as well as the troops whose sudden movement had raised the cloud, and ascending high over their heads, formed itself into the fantastic forms of writhed pillars, domes, and minarets.

The Talisman 1894

MacGregor shook me very cordially by the hand, and detaining me, so as to permit Mr. Jarvie to precede us, a manuvre for which the narrowness of the road served as an excuse, he said to me --- ` ` You are a kind-hearted and an honourable youth, and understand, doubtless, that which is due to the feelings of a man of honour.

Rob Roy 1887

Andrew's manuvre he instantly cut short all debate, by pronouncing, that if Fairservice did not forthwith return the three-legged palfrey, and produce the more useful quadruped which he had discarded, he would send him to prison, and amerce him in half his wages.

Rob Roy 1887

My first resolution, therefore, was to attempt to disarm my antagonist --- a manuvre in which, confiding in my superiority of skill and practice, I anticipated little difficulty.

Rob Roy 1887

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The Waverley 1877

Even this slight manuvre was embarrassing to Sir Everard, who felt it as a reproach to his indecision.

The Waverley 1877