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A powder magazine was set afloat, but it struck the schooner, which lay at anchor near the frigate.
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For years she had been fighting with Napoleon, and every fleet he set afloat was badly whipped by British ships.
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In June, 1803, the reconstruction was completed, and the vessel was set afloat in July.
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But most perilous of all, most immediately perilous, is the implacable Czarina, set afloat upon English guineas!
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False stories were set afloat by Baker in furtherance of such purpose.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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