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But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.
But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside the enemy.
Approximate author period: c. 1781 AD · early modern
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- Horatio Nelson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1781 AD · early modern
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