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Waltham, and he is merely wondering if Mr. Mellaire was a ship-mate of Sidney Waltham eighteen years ago in the ship lost off the Plate.
CHAPTER XXIX 2010
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"Now is that any way to talk to an old ship-mate?"
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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"It ain't but a wee bit to do for a good ship-mate," Blodgett remarked with a deprecatory wave of his hand.
The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes
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Folgier of Nantucket, both young men, and one of them an old ship-mate of mine.
American Prisoners of the Revolution Danske Dandridge
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Waltham, and he is merely wondering if Mr. Mellaire was a ship-mate of Sidney Waltham eighteen years ago in the ship lost off the Plate.
Chapter 29 1914
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But then the projector of the voyage might have found competitors for the helm, which he wished to manage; and he had accordingly secured an unambitious ship-mate, in a son of Captain Loxley.
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In a minute Diamond's old ship-mate resumed his tale.
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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As yet, he does not dream that Mr. Mellaire is Sidney Waltham, and he is merely wondering if Mr. Mellaire was a ship-mate of Sidney Waltham eighteen years ago in the ship lost off the Plate.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896
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I wonder they didn't fling me overboard after getting the carcass of their precious ship-mate out of my fingers.
'Twixt Land and Sea Joseph Conrad 1890
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The only person from whom we received any reliable information about Richard Johnson was an old ship-mate of his, a wandering, adventurous character, now, I believe, in Paraguay, where we cannot readily communicate with him.
The Mark Of Cain Andrew Lang 1878
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