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• True, he might prefer capture to death. (1)
• Sir Meeson dropped a glance on the capture. (10)
• He now set his mind to the capture of Louisburg. (19)
• Capture meant a long imprisonment, if not execution. (10)
• I knew we could capture the country; but, my goodness! (9)
• For two of us, at least, capture meant hanging out of hand. (7)
• In vain did he try to explain the circumstances of his capture. (19)
• The capture of Quebec did not mean the loss of the whole of New France. (19)
• Then the second gathering, the roar of cannon; betrayal, capture, death. (8)
• The moment we had drifted below it we were safe from boarding and capture. (7)
• The whole story of the capture of Quebec is full of romantic splendor and pathos. (9)
• He sent an expedition to Ceylon, a formidable undertaking then, to capture elephants. (21)
• She accepted her capture by the Marinis more calmly than Merthyr had been led to suppose. (10)
• He died in Vienna, soon after its capture by the French, in the Napoleonic wars, May 31, 1809. (3)
• I suppose I am not liable to capture and imprisonment until the day when my name is cited to appear. (10)
• But as we have seen many times, to capture Montreal was not quite the same thing as capturing Quebec. (19)
• At last Mackenzie considered the time had come for war, and he and his friends decided to capture Toronto. (19)
• I can be furnished a small boat, and in case of capture I can pretend to have escaped from an English vessel. (18)
• He could not hope to capture that enemy; to alarm him would but send him dashing to his camp with his fatal news. (1)
• There would have been a sunburst of notoriety in the capture and carrying off of the beautiful Countess of Ormont. (10)
• No wonder the bells in Boston and Salem rang out with jubilation when the tidings of the capture of Louisburg arrived. (19)
• When it came to the capture of the Holker, General Arnold became very much interested, for his profits were in the cargo. (18)
• I perceived he was so muddled as to be unable to conceal that his interests were involved in my capture; but I was merry too. (10)
• The French had built Fort Duquesne, and Colonel Washington, with a force of regulars and backwoodsmen, was sent to capture it. (19)
• When Montgomery took possession of Montreal, Carleton retired to Quebec, escaping capture only by the most daring of stratagems. (19)
• He revealed to His Majesty his plans for the capture of Fort Nelson, and was at length promised two ships in the following spring. (19)
• The American general-in-chief despatched one of his officers, Colonel Boerstler, to capture by surprise two of the Canadian outposts. (19)
• So the Americans made up their minds to swoop down upon Canada and capture it before further English troops could come to its assistance. (19)
• By the capture of the fort he had lost not only his wife, but all his merchandise, jewels, plate, and furniture worth ten thousand pounds. (19)
• Sir David Kirke commanded a stout little fleet for King Charles, and it occurred to him that it would be very good policy to capture Quebec. (19)
• So the constant iteration of any idea in a daily newspaper will presently capture public attention, whether the idea be good or bad, sensible or foolish. (16)
• To capture it, however, required a stronger force than Iberville could at present command, whereupon he sailed away to France to ask assistance from the King. (19)
• Her infinitesimal spells are seen; yet, despite experience, the magnetism in their repulsive display is barely apprehended by sedate observers until the astounding capture is proclaimed. (10)

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