| 单词 | buccaneering |
| 例句 | The buccaneering chieftains in the Iliad did not want justice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In “Brother, Sister,” the smoky tones are applied to a buccaneering, vaguely predatory image of exotic adventure in uncharted waters. Ed Ruscha and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z She also took issue with her brother's free-market buccaneering: "Profit must be our servant, not our master." Liz Murdoch's MacTaggart lecture: a family affair 2012-08-23T21:55:34Z The historians of the 22nd century might begin with archive pictures of Sunday's flotilla, looking for signs of post-imperial hangover, marvelling at our attachment to a buccaneering, maritime past. What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders 2012-06-01T19:30:01Z But the Coxes' more enduring connection with Jamaica began in 1984, when they were commissioned to help revitalise Port Royal, a remnant of a buccaneering town three-quarters destroyed by an earthquake in 1692. Oliver Cox obituary 2010-06-02T17:49:00Z The buccaneering score established Korngold as the Errol Flynn of studio composers, though, as was standard practice at the time, once the footage was in the can, the full score went in the bin. National Youth Orchestra – review 2013-04-14T14:12:00Z The traditional narrative of Bad Cop, as far as teenagers are concerned, is this: record companies are big, complacent, greedy, corporate and hidebound; filesharers are spunky, innovative, buccaneering, libertarian. Who makes money out of Spotify? 2010-04-18T21:30:00Z But I do miss the bon vivant Kingslayer, the guy who scared everyone and would say and do terrible things, “for love” and otherwise, with buccaneering verve. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: Slicing and Dicing ‘Two Swords’ 2014-04-07T02:00:52Z The buccaneering oligarchs who em-erged in the 1990s were bright, self-made men who ruthlessly exploited every opportunity offered by the transition economy. Band of brothers 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z In fact, Robert Evans had a kind of 21st-century afterlife as a buccaneering yet absurd player. Robert Evans: eloquent and passionate midwife to the Hollywood new wave | Peter Bradshaw 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Fred Goodwin did that in buccaneering and bullying style, trampling over the older canny values of conventional Scottish finance with the goal of creating a global giant. The battle over political values in the boardroom 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z England's bold, brash and buccaneering style is winning them plenty of friends and admirers. 'Cummins is The Boss but England can fight back' 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Their buccaneering batting is made all the more thrilling by the risk of it going spectacularly wrong, like watching a tightrope walker tiptoe between skyscrapers. 'Let the Ashes summer of love begin' 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z England have won 11 of their past 13 Tests in buccaneering fashion. 'They've not played us yet' - Smith warns England 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z He was put in an induced coma, but the Lentini who emerged was a shadow of the buccaneering footballer he had been. Lust, luck and a life less ordinary – the temptation of Gigi Lentini 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z “So that the audience doesn’t experience the change between the ‘40s and ‘60s as an intellectual conceit, but literally experiences the buccaneering spirit of those early days … and then the beginning of now.” The new 'Indiana Jones' movie de-ages Harrison Ford. He found it 'a little spooky' 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z After incredible, buccaneering victories over New Zealand and India already this summer, England men's next assignment is a Test series against South Africa. England v South Africa mega quiz 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Irrespective, the side Morgan built in his image continued their buccaneering approach to comfortably dispose of a Dutch side ranked 14th in the world. Roy and Buttler power England to 3-0 series win 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Indeed, the novelist's personal life resembled that of many of his buccaneering protagonists; he was a big game hunter, a scuba diver and also a licensed pilot. Wilbur Smith: Popular Zambian-born author dies aged 88 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z But the Gunners played a rigid 'give and go' style that left little room for Cunningham's buccaneering gallops. The electric trailblazer who met a tragic end in Madrid 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z His involvement, nevertheless, raises questions about who is backing Hong’s buccaneering “liberators”. Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea's Madrid embassy 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The son of a politically connected cotton broker, Mr. Perot followed a long tradition of buccaneering Texas entrepreneurs. H. Ross Perot, eccentric billionaire who made two independent runs for president, dies at 89 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Corporate buccaneering and political corruption marred the US ‘Gilded Age’ of the late nineteenth century; meanwhile, fossil finds such as Triceratops made the nation a global centre for vertebrate palaeontology. America’s first rocket man, the rise of cryptocurrencies, and artificial intelligence reconsidered: Books in brief 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z That is where the Eurosceptic mythology of buccaneering Albion, released from European dry dock, free-trading on the high seas, inevitably tends. Brexiteers want a leader with Trump’s swagger. That would be the ruin of Britain | Rafael Behr 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Once, the pied pipers of Brexit played tunes of hope and optimism with fantasies of buccaneering freedom, but none of that is left; not in Westminster or anywhere else. Britain is in a grimmer state than I can ever remember | Polly Toynbee 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z But the government should not "bow to buccaneering regulatory pressures", she added. Get a grip on money-laundering, say MPs 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z And while the romantic guff about a buccaneering global Britain reeks of imperial nostalgia, I understand why its proponents furiously reject that charge. Don’t expect Brexit to give us a British Alexander Hamilton | Rafael Behr 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z We can’t have frictionless EU trade without a customs union, but that stops us buccaneering the globe for those exclusive deals with Mauritania or wherever else Liam Fox chooses to turn to. Theresa May’s Brexit deal solves nothing: open warfare is about to begin | Polly Toynbee 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z But some fear this buccaneering tradition is coming to a close. Peru’s last Incan city reveals its secrets: ‘It’s genuinely a marvel’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Facebook had adopted a buccaneering motto, “Move fast and break things,” which celebrated the idea that it was better to be flawed and first than careful and perfect. Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The Sun welcomes what it calls the "buccaneering move", but the Daily Mirror says her call for closer ties with Africa will prompt many to ask why she is severing links with Europe. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Born in South Africa, with technical skills from his training in physics, Musk embraces the buccaneering culture of Silicon Valley. Review | Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk going head-to-head to conquer space travel 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He shares a defining belief in himself – despite both being handed fortunes by their fathers – as a self-made and buccaneering outsider. Rupert Murdoch: Will this prove to be the media king’s last act? 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z It might not be a bad entry point for contrarian investors comfortable with extreme leverage and a buccaneering management style. Plunging Cable Giant Altice Is a Bargain for the Brave 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Winks belied his inexperience with a remarkably composed perform while Aurier showed his buccaneering spirit, even if he caused a few flutters. Spurs’ Harry Kane rues missed chance after Cristiano Ronaldo earns Real draw 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The buccaneering culture of the Wall Street traders? Steve Bannon harnessed the spirit of revolt that the Democrats gave up | Thomas Frank 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Nathan Drake’s superb finale sees the series hero off on a final buccaneering escapade with his long lost brother, fending off fellow plunderers and his own sometimes errant internal compass. The 5 Best PlayStation 4 Exclusive Games Right Now 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Giant companies are no longer threatened by buccaneering entrepreneurs and innovative small businesses. A free market in tax is a groteseque reality | Nick Cohen 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z At 10, he lost an eye in a car accident, and for the rest of his life he wore a large eye patch, which became a prominent feature of his buccaneering image. Warren Hinckle, 77, Ramparts Editor Who Embraced Gonzo Journalism, Dies 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “Sadly, neither I nor Gawker.com, the buccaneering flagship of the group I built with my colleagues, are coming along for this next stage,” he said. Gawker.com Will Shut Down Next Week as Univision Acquires Rest of Company 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Sadly, neither I nor Gawker.com, the buccaneering flagship of the group I built with my colleagues, are coming along for this next stage. Gawker’s Nick Denton out of the ‘news and gossip business’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z They forget that family firms are often held together by nothing more than a name and a buccaneering spirit. Family values 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z They envisage the millennial UK as something closer to a buccaneering galleon, unrestrained and versatile. Brexit: how a fringe idea took hold of the Tory party | Matthew d’Ancona 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z “That sounded suspiciously like Whitewater was a sweetheart deal in which McDougal, who later headed a buccaneering S&L, made most of the payments in return for… just what, exactly?” 5 Things We Learned From Presidential Tax Returns 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z A translucent canopy will house a twisting rollercoaster based on the “Tron” science-fiction franchise; robotic boats will voyage through the lair of Davy Jones, a buccaneering villain from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” film franchise. Parks of recreation 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z But so much of the case for Brexit is built on the idea that a buccaneering Britain would forge wonderful new partnerships with powerful and dynamic countries outside Europe. More special in Europe 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z To Rickard, the Ace Limited case was an example of buccaneering funders tracking down far-flung plaintiffs to pick at old wounds. Should You Be Allowed to Invest in a Lawsuit? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z UK Prime Minister David Cameron wants Britain to be a "buccaneering, trading, investing nation right around the world". When did 'buccaneering' become a good word? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z And then, in June this year, came a further blow to the buccaneering “hop on, hop off” principle. How the New Routemaster came full circle: back to a regular old London bus 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Much of the meeting last week was devoted to complaints about Uber’s buccaneering attitude toward regulation, and representatives vowed to keep up the pressure. Can taxi unions build an app to take on Uber? 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z During the 1980s and 1990s, The Sun captured an average of more than three million readers a day, and it took pride in a buccaneering form of journalism and its connection with ordinary working people. A Cover-Up, of Sorts, at a Tabloid in Britain 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z These measures are just the latest wave in an almost universal backlash among regulators to Uber's buccaneering practices and aggressive expansion. Uber banned in Spain, India, and Thailand due to 'illegal' operations 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Defeat for them would probably see the end of coach Safet Susic, who led them to Brazil in buccaneering fashion but was found tactically wanting when required to outmanoeuvre a limited Nigeria side. International football: 10 things to look out for in the upcoming action 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Small can be more nimble, more buccaneering, more prosperous. Scottish referendum: this is the hardest campaign I have ever had to call 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z He will personify his own sexual organ, a buccaneering one-eyed pirate who bears a suspicious resemblance to Popeye. King of Comedy: Newsweek's 1986 Profile of Robin Williams He wonders whether the photo might confirm the stereotype of entrepreneurs as buccaneering rule breakers. The darker side of entrepreneurs 2013-09-02T23:00:49Z But I have equally pressing doubts about Britain's ability to go it alone in the 21st century with or without the help of the buccaneering bankers of the City. Two Nigels don't make a right on Europe 2013-05-09T13:01:53Z As Mr Kjos tells it, he became a buccaneering airline boss largely by accident. European airlines: Here come the Vikings 2013-04-25T15:03:50Z Efficient and tidy without getting up to his buccaneering best 7 wide-man was their best outlet, crossing dangerously to no avail. Manchester United v Manchester City: player ratings 2013-04-09T00:12:57Z At Murdoch's Sun, a buccaneering new editor, Kelvin Mackenzie, pioneered a risk-taking, aggressive approach to tabloid journalism. Key moments that shaped the press 2012-11-17T01:51:59Z His strategy is broader and goes back to his long-held belief that a buccaneering, devil-take-the-hindmost approach to business is out of place in the 21st century. Ed Miliband is right to threaten the banks 2012-09-29T19:00:07Z Britain were significantly more confident marauding forwards, showing a buccaneering and almost reckless style at times reminiscent of Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United side of 1990s vintage. London 2012: Team GB women's hockey win thriller against South Korea 2012-07-31T16:51:53Z There was a simple buccaneering joy in his shots, a wonderful athletic talent encouraged to express itself with intimidating fearlessness. The Spin 2012-05-22T12:58:01Z It seemed that Marsden, bracing himself for the day, was trying to maintain a sort of buccaneering joviality. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z He was dressed in typical buccaneering rig, with a red sash round his waist, in which were stuck a whole armoury of pistols and a short Turkish dagger. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z The men with whom he embarked showed a greater disposition towards buccaneering, than to assist him in his search for the unfortunate colonists. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-03T02:00:26.740Z You are indeed the male Cleopatra or buccaneering Pompadour of the Deep—the wandering Wanton of the Pacific. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z This, it must be remembered, was at a time when buccaneering had sunk into privateering—the half-way house to mere piracy. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z A. gets the profits of his buccaneering expedition. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z Directly this last body of men embarked the sails were shaken out, and the swift buccaneering craft stood seaward. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z What a magnificent man he really was—a worthy successor of those great freebooting, buccaneering, filibustering Devonians of the grand Elizabethan era! The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z "It's the war law of buccaneering," he thought. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z No one will claim a buccaneering hero for an indiff�rent, however. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z By some means the two buccaneering parties had failed to co-operate, so that their ships had already been beaten off ere the land force appeared. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Interest in the buccaneering vessel was for the time being entirely lost, all our crew watching the efforts of the swimmer, as with tireless stroke he quickly lessened his distance from the Gannet. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z While saying it was looking for “good people” with a strong sense of fairmindedness, it also emphasized the value of a buccaneering spirit. Britain?s GCHQ Uses Online Puzzle to Recruit Hackers 2011-12-03T02:21:44Z For Rothschild, the venture was an opportunity to become a key player in the global coal industry, and to cement his image as a buccaneering financier in the mold of his 19th Century forbears. Insight: Borneo mines lure Rothschild into the wild 2011-11-13T00:15:27Z Comparing live-bait fishing to artificial fly angling is like comparing blacksmithry to jewel working, bronco breaking to genteel horsemanship, or buccaneering to yachting. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z But there was no respite for our weary crew, for the three buccaneering craft resumed their fire. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z But the buccaneering rascals have evidently removed their booty. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Lastly, France was actually recruiting black, brown, and yellow hordes for use on European battle-fields; while Italy, by her buccaneering raid on Tripoli, outraged Islam’s sense of justice and strained its patience to the breaking-point. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z His commission as governor was nearly even in date with the commencement of Louis XIV's buccaneering war against Holland, in which he was joined by his English cousin Charles II. Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 2011-09-09T02:01:02.147Z Hugh Osmond, another buccaneering entrepreneur, set the trend in the pub industry a decade ago with his creation of Punch Taverns. Call for more time at M&B 2011-08-22T19:33:08Z More than that, should we be able, by the united work of both vessels, to capture any buccaneering craft who think to molest us, their cargoes will be equally divided betwixt all hands. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The man killed was a stout grey-headed old man of the name of Swan, aged about 84 years, who had served under Cromwell, and had ever since made privateering or buccaneering his occupation. History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z This was a man oozing with confidence and authority, a buccaneering spirit who wanted to sweep away all those redundant obstacles to his market expansion in the UK. Rupert Murdoch's eye was off the ball because he's no longer interested 2011-07-21T16:19:24Z Continuing our comparison with the hydra, we have in the octopus an animal capable of quitting its rocky lurking-place in the sea, and going on a buccaneering expedition on dry land. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z The Premier League's buccaneering days of raiding Europe and beyond for the most exciting talent are perhaps over. New Uefa guidelines persuade Premier League clubs to shop locally 2011-07-09T21:50:02Z His first thought was of the disabled buccaneering vessel. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The first that gets them, obliges them to work in the plantations; at the end of the term of servitude, somebody lends them a gun, and to sea they go a buccaneering.' History of the Buccaneers of America 2011-08-19T02:00:13.187Z Santo Domingo.—A few of them went to the northern coast of Santo Domingo, whence they carried on buccaneering enterprises against the Spaniards. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Not to be behind his neighbour in anything, he created high sounding titles, and honourable distinctions, to reward those of his sons who did well in the buccaneering trade. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Any plan is, however, better than that suggested at the late meeting, of becoming pirates ourselves to cure our neighbors of their buccaneering propensities. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z But for their modern weapons the boat's crew might have come from the deck of an Eighteenth-Century buccaneering craft. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The stout old boy was not at all appalled by the threat of Miss Pewsey regarding her buccaneering nephew's attentions. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z It's categorised fracking as a typically buccaneering technology employed by industry to extract resources first and look after the environment later. Cheaper fuels 2011-04-01T02:17:58Z Our master's buccaneering days are over, and there is something so unsavoury about the name of a pirate, lads, that the word is now never used in good society. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z If a little proud of his successes against Malays and Moors, it was not quite certain that he "had not done" a little mild buccaneering occasionally, when "freights were low and trade was heavy." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Indeed there is a buccaneering air sometimes in the twist of his glance, not altogether suitable to a family solicitor. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z There was no buccaneering approach in sight at Stamford Bridge, either. Chelsea 2-0 Man City 2011-03-20T18:29:25Z They carried financial “buccaneering” to extremes, their programme including open alliance with the Tweed “ring,” the wholesale bribery of legislatures and the buying of judges. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The British Government would not listen to Nicholls' proposition for an alliance between Great Britain and the buccaneering state which he was endeavoring to establish upon territory belonging politically to Spain. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z England at any rate would have had no valid ground of complaint if the leaders of a buccaneering force had been summarily dealt with by the Transvaal authorities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Men of their buccaneering habits are not likely to lie quietly on their oars, and see their means of livelihood torn from them by the secure navigation of these waters. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z In other words, Tottenham can lay claim to being Europe's most buccaneering team since that fabled United side, which seemed to have destiny in their corner throughout a memorable adventure. This is the start of my season, says inspired Jermain Defoe 2010-12-08T22:30:00Z Ireland positioned itself as a lean, buccaneering start-up economy, challenging Europe's unwieldy giants. Ireland has been betrayed by its leaders 2010-11-21T00:14:00Z Furiously kinetic, they have been eliminated from the World Cup, playing in a fashion that while true to their buccaneering traditions was cruelly and wholly exposed. When Passion Turned Reckless, England Paid the Price 2010-06-28T21:09:00Z "I say, Frobisher, are you omitted in the indictment?" cried Linton, with a sickly attempt to laugh; "or has our buccaneering friend forgotten to stigmatize you for the folly of having known him?" Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) To nourish a grudge would have been as repulsive to his sense of honor as it would be opposed to all the habits of his buccaneering life. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Having land and sea forces at his command, Arnold opened the new year with a buccaneering ravage. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools On two occasions Sir Henry Morgan became acting Governor of Jamaica, and in that capacity did his best to discountenance buccaneering. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Then at last she was still, hissing and groaning fitfully as she died, her buccaneering days gone forever. The Peacemaker Here he was, a pirate chief, on a buccaneering expedition, and somebody had come along and coolly stolen his piratical craft, himself, and his crew! The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended Linton's shrewdness and knowledge of life pointed him out as the fittest; but how to reveal to his fashionable friend the secrets of that buccaneering life he had himself so lately quitted? Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) He had made a gallant assault on the Imperial Palace, but he had also satiated his barbarian soul in carnage and loaded his shoulders with buccaneering loot. The Missourian The French were rarely traders, for even their plantations were largely supported by buccaneering. The West Indies and the Spanish Main But nothing in this life that I have lived ever told me so grandly that the Wall Decade was ended—and our life of buccaneering with it—as the thing that happened next. The Peacemaker It’s always a ship, and they can get to buccaneering again, I suppose.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) What had been really an age of buccaneering violence became in memory an age of chivalry and splendid adventure. Five Stages of Greek Religion The reader will thus observe that the principal business which has engaged Nassau heretofore has been wrecking, buccaneering, privateering, and blockade running. Due South or Cuba Past and Present There was thereafter nothing he abhorred so thoroughly as buccaneering and the buccaneer—ostensibly, that is. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main His favourite books for home Are buccaneering combats on the foam, Or grim detective tales of Scotland Yard, Where gleams the bull's-eye lamp and drips the poniard. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The freedom of the seas, the toll of the tropics, the right of search, and all that sort of buccaneering pastime, is liable, you know, to the usual risks.” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life It is true that the Cinque Ports was called a buccaneer, instead of a pirate, but no man can see the difference between buccaneering and piracy without the help of a large-sized compound microscope. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly They'd gotten hold of the old black sloop when she was auctioned at Charles Town, patched up her bottom and here she was—buccaneering once more! The Black Buccaneer The itch for the old buccaneering game was hard upon him. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main The Picts of the ninth century revered this man, and his fame was known also to the predatory seamen who came buccaneering among the islands of the West. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland It is bold buccaneering on the commerce of the moral universe. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II That she was attracted by the buccaneering Oliver? The Rough Road It is a curious fact that the commerce of the seas was cradled in the lap of buccaneering. Great Pirate Stories Though not the equal of the former buccaneering bands who had performed in their nefarious careers unheard of prodigies of valor and courage, they were still not to be despised. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main A buccaneering principle of hire, under the notion of plunder and sharing in prizes, was, no purchase no pay. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. There they sat, six big creatures in one pew, all restless, all with big chins, hard eyes, jutting eyebrows, and a dreadful look as if they were buccaneering. The Dark Tower The gunner, a grizzled old veteran, who had been buccaneering with the great admiral, turned to his captain. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Throughout the years of buccaneering, the buccaneers often put to sea in canoas and periaguas, just as Drake put to sea in his three pinnaces. Great Pirate Stories We have killed the Governor and Kempthorne, and this is the ship of Sir Henry Morgan, bound for the Spanish Main on a buccaneering cruise. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main He owned, with a shyly comic glance, that he had leanings towards buccaneering. A Tramp's Notebook From New Orleans he made his way to Texas, then a province of Mexico, and soon we hear of him at his buccaneering work. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Soon afterward Gardiner's Island was visited and plundered by Paul534 Williams and some of his buccaneering associates. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science It was always reluctant to discourage the buccaneering trade, which it knew to be very lucrative. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography In spite of everything I could not help sympathising with him, and, afterwards, when he spoke of his buccaneering career and remembered what led him to it I did not wonder. Roger Trewinion The wonderful buccaneering adventures of Bartholomew Sharp and his companions, 1680-1682, at the Isthmus of Panama and all along the west coast of South America, are newly illustrated by long anonymous narratives, artless but effective. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents Our new plan was to go to South America on a buccaneering expedition. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Most of them would have been willing enough to take a hand at buccaneering, or any other sort of villainy. Ran Away to Sea Whether he would have embraced a good opportunity for anything like buccaneering it is difficult to decide. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography For my part, I see no way of getting it except our old plan of buccaneering.” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic For the whole matter of West Indian buccaneering, see Miss Violet Barbour's article, "Privateers and Pirates of the West Indies", in the American Historical Review, XVI. 529-566. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents This tale of business buccaneering has long been exploded, but it is a fact that the cargo was used by Girard as his first capital. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen On the demise of his chief he was unanimously elected leader of the buccaneering cruisers. The Philippine Islands Her statesmen, warriors, and favourites enriched themselves with sinecures, confiscations, and shares in trading and buccaneering adventures. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Bear in mind that this is a buccaneering proposition, and you’re first mate: remember? Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic They were the first specimens of the buccaneering chivalry of the next generation—the germ out of which rose the Drakes, the Raleighs, the Hawkinses, who harried the conquerors of the New World. The Reign of Mary Tudor Examining further into the matter, he learned that the crew was plotting to seize the vessel, divide the treasure, and set out upon a buccaneering cruise. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 By a subtle system of intellectual buccaneering this reserved Englishman winnows from much chaffy verbiage the real seeds of thought. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 They fain would go buccaneering in the Spanish Seas, or discover some such road to hasty fortune, albeit bloody and violent. Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims With buccaneering ended, and piracy in process of suppression by all the naval powers, the reason for Tortugas' importance was gone. Plotting in Pirate Seas “We are a match for a few score of such buccaneering scoundrels as they are, I hope.” Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy That would provide the most powerful weapon of defence against financial buccaneering. Deep Furrows In his case, however, the rewards of the struggle had been swept from his reach at the very pinnacle of achievement by what appeared to be an exceptionally bold piece of financial buccaneering. Every Man for Himself They had not heard of the fate of the party who had sailed away, and now nearly all were bent on buccaneering. French Pathfinders in North America France protected the buccaneers, sent them aid and ammunition; even their famous guns—known as 'buccaneering pieces' and four and a half feet long—were all made in France. Plotting in Pirate Seas I would rather sheathe my sword, and forswear fighting for the future, than to undertake again such a buccaneering business.” A True Hero A Story of the Days of William Penn I don’t quite like the freedom of the lieutenant with these buccaneering fellows. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa “And who is this buccaneering captain of whom we have heard so much of late years?” asked Mr Tarwig. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley “The captain wishes you to keep a bright look-out to the eastward, in case our buccaneering friends may be coming to pay us a visit.” The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific In order to put a stop to the raids of the buccaneering hunters, the Spaniards planned an organized destruction of all the wild cattle on Hispaniola, hoping thus to drive the ravagers away. Plotting in Pirate Seas It was bringing back the good old buccaneering days; such a prize had not been made by any cruiser for a long time. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War Four girls, an old lady, and an ancient colored retainer, in giving chase heretofore, merely lent spice to the pig's buccaneering ventures. The Corner House Girls at School Those buccaneering fellows will stick to their prey like leeches. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley I only asked you to speak to Scheriff Effendi to obtain time for me about payment to throw you off the scent, as you so strongly disapproved of my buccaneering project. Tancred Or, The New Crusade For buccaneering had now become a most profitable employment, operations were extended, and a storehouse secure from the attacks of the Spaniards was required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" The most fervent patriot must admit that the early voyages of Drake were, to put it mildly, of a buccaneering kind, although his late voyages were more nearly akin to privateering cruises than piracy. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The fair stone houses which Drake saw are long since gone, having been destroyed in one of the buccaneering raids a century later. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. “You may be, or you may be buccaneering rascals, and we don’t intend to trust you; so stand off, or we shall fire and sink all your boats,” shouted the man who had before spoken. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Until 1640 buccaneering in the West Indies was more or less accidental, occasional, in character. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Who would now name a ship "Jesus," as Hawkins's buccaneering slaver was named? The Age of the Reformation Drake's voyages after this were sailed under commission and letters of marque, and so lose any stigma of being buccaneering adventures. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Basil Ringrose had but lately arrived at the Indies, and it is not known what induced him to go buccaneering. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. “The Ouzel Galley was too well manned, and, I may venture to say, would have been too well handled and fought, to yield to a rascally buccaneering craft,” answered Captain Tracy. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley In the earlier days of buccaneering, before the period of great leaders like Mansfield, Morgan and Grammont, the captain was usually chosen from among their own number. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Merry England drew her dividends from slave-trading and from buccaneering as well as from honest exchange of goods. The Age of the Reformation On Friday, May 27th, 1680, while ashore with a watering party in the Gulf of Nicoya, the interpreter, having had, no doubt, his fill of buccaneering, ran away. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Readers of Mr Kipling's stories must not be misled by his buccaneering contempt for formal art. Rudyard Kipling Why, I've studied charts since I was a kid, and gone every kind of voyage you can think of—playing at buccaneering or whaling, or discovering the North Pole. Pieces of Eight There were several reasons for this increase in the popularity of buccaneering. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century In Elizabethan England the anti-papal and anti-Spanish ardor of the mariners made possible this buccaneering without government support, had not the rich prizes themselves been enough to attract the adventurous. The Age of the Reformation The men living along the coast found buccaneering so profitable that they gave up their peaceful pursuits and became free-booters of the sea. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders They declared that they would retire from the buccaneering business, and that nothing would suit them better than to return to the ways of civilization and virtue. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts Above all, I hope we shall have no buccaneering expeditions. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain Many of the French, forced to seek another occupation, naturally fell into the way of buccaneering. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century The 'lib'ry' was in the hands of a few men whose literary tastes were decidedly crude, with a strong leaning towards piracy on the high seas, brigandage, buccaneering, and sudden death. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy English historians have seen in the aggression of Philip in Gascony, his intervention in Scottish affairs, and the buccaneering exploits of the Norman mariners, reasons adequate to provoke the patience even of a peace-loving monarch. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Now it is easy to see that all this made buccaneering a very tempting occupation. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts When, at length, White sailed with three ships, he or his followers imitated the folly of their predecessors, and preferred buccaneering among the Spaniards in the West Indies to conveying immediate relief to the colonists. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 The inhabitants were beginning to realize that in the encouragement of planting, and not of buccaneering, lay the permanent welfare of the island. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century All this, it may be said, partook of the character of buccaneering, nevertheless these were shrewd blows struck at the very source from whence the Spanish power obtained means for carrying on the war. History of Holland There was a most powerful buccaneering spirit concealed under the peaceful title of this pamphlet. Daniel Defoe As it is not at all probable that any of the buccaneering vessels carried chaplains, opportunities of attending services must have been rare. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts Do we expect, and are we desirous, that future wars shall be conducted in accordance with buccaneering precedent, or with what has hitherto been the general practice of the nineteenth century? Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) Of the four acting governors since 1671, Lynch stood apart as the one who had endeavoured with singleness and tenacity of purpose to clear away the evils of buccaneering. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century She made, now and then, little buccaneering raids upon the nursery, with the intention of arriving at some intimate terms with that strange animal. The Golden Scarecrow In 1591 Henry May sailed to the East Indies, along with Captain Lancaster, on a buccaneering expedition. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Weatherbee told me how it could be traced back through a Spanish mother to some buccaneering adventurer, Don Silva de y somebody, who made his headquarters in Mexico. The Rim of the Desert In 1577 Captain Drake, even then distinguished as a navigator, fitted out a buccaneering expedition against the Spaniards; it was a wild-goose chase and led him round the globe. In the Footprints of the Padres Planting and buccaneering, side by side, were inconsistent and incompatible, and the colonists chose the better course of the two. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century If Lord Dorminster should decide to adopt buccaneering expedients and kidnap me, the attempt would probably fail; and if it succeeded, it would in the end profit you nothing. The Great Prince Shan There is no doubt in my mind that in the great buccaneering days of the seventeenth century, and probably much later, the place was the haunt of pirates. Spanish Doubloons How near one seems to that far-off region of fever and swamp, of sun and sea, of adventure and blood, and old buccaneering, standing by those swift waters, already on their way thither! Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio News is he of all the others; Bold it were to die With the blue-birds buccaneering On his British sky. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete When such retreats were available the laws against piracy did not reduce buccaneering so much as they depopulated Jamaica of its white inhabitants. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century News is he of all the others; Bold it were to die With the blue-birds buccaneering On his British sky. Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series On laying down upon the chart the plan of this part, I found Cape Leveque to be the point which Dampier anchored under when on his buccaneering voyage in the Cygnet in 1688. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 The menace of such buccaneering movements kept the Spaniards alive to the imminent danger of the general American attack which they heralded. The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 Has she been delayed by a buccaneering cruise in the neighborhood of Back Cup? Facing the Flag Many sailors and marines were drowned, and seven men-of-war, besides several buccaneering ships, were lost on the rocks. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century And now the English, the French and the Danes began to give systematic attention to the African and West Indian opportunities, whether in the form of buccaneering, slave trading or colonization. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime With the decadence of buccaneering and the growth of Indian trade, there was a corresponding increase of piracy, and European traders ceased to enjoy immunity. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago That buccaneering, rough and tumble life out there has its attractions. Bullets & Billets Seized his scissors and fiercely sheared, Severed his buccaneering beard; Grabbed his hair, and clip! clip! clip! Ballads of a Bohemian It was an evolution, from the semi-lawful buccaneering of the sixteenth century, just as buccaneering was upon its part, in a certain sense, an evolution from the unorganized, unauthorized warfare of the Tudor period. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main Mr. Micawber, I must observe, in his adaptation of himself to a new state of society, had acquired a bold buccaneering air, not absolutely lawless, but defensive and prompt. David Copperfield As buccaneering became more dangerous, or less lucrative, adventurers of all nations again appeared in Eastern waters, and the old trouble reappeared in an aggravated form. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago What forced these hardy sailors to turn pirate we do not know, but once they had discovered the advantages and pleasures of a buccaneering career there was no one who could stop them. The Story of Mankind I had told her something of its story: its successive bombardments by the liberators from Chile, the Spanish squadron, buccaneering expeditions from Europe and the Chilean invaders; not to mention earthquakes and tidal waves. Under the Andes So at last "buccaneering," as it had come to be generically called, ceased to pay the vast dividends that it had done at first. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates; fiction, fact & fancy concerning the buccaneers & marooners of the Spanish main And so the Captain ran through that wild, fiery tale—of fighting and loving, buccaneering and conspiring; mandolins tinkling, knives clicking; oaths mingling with sonnets, and spilled wine with spilled blood. Blix Others became the agents of easy cabinets who always winked at buccaneering, because it so often saved them the expense of war. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 The crew were a buccaneering looking set; with hairy chests, purple shirts, and arms wildly tattooed. Redburn. His First Voyage King, when laying down the plan of the coast upon his chart, found Cape Levêque to be the point Dampier anchored under when on his buccaneering voyage in the CYGNET, 1688. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 He would take no share in the profits of buccaneering exploits: but it was the same mental quality which kept him from any zeal for Causes which might drag the country into incalculable ventures. England under the Tudors New Amsterdam became New York, as the result of a buccaneering raid, carried out by some three hundred men, hired by the Duke of York to prosecute a private proprietorial claim. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 These buccaneering conventions were gradually imposed upon all the West-Indian neighborhood, by the title of uncompromising strength, and became known as the "Usage of the Coast." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Argall's expedition had been little more than a buccaneering exploit and an earnest of what was to come. The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline He had scraped in wealth partly from that line of traffic, and in part from a succession of buccaneering operations. Great Fortunes from Railroads They had the best of everything; they were blundering, blustering, noisy, careless, buccaneering owners of the world, and to her—as all the roystering swarm to any individual worker bee—to her, negligible. This Freedom Hither have I fled from my buccaneering relations. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel They were the progenitors of families whom wealth and colonial luxury made famous; for in such a climate a buccaneering nickname will soon flower into titles which conceal the gnarled and ugly stock. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Their buccaneering had not succeeded as they had hoped. This Country of Ours It was like a mustering shouting to adventurous stars, buglings to buccaneering winds, cadenced beckonings to restless ranks of viking waves, signaling to all the corsairs and picaroons of the elemental. The Metal Monster Fierce, vindictive, sometimes convincing, always shrewd, he was a powerful leader of the rough and ready, buccaneering sort. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South Certain adventurous gentlemen are looking out for one hundred others who have money and a taste for buccaneering. Real Soldiers of Fortune He made the place so formidable as a buccaneering centre that the Spaniards resolved to attack it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 The French, as you know, had already made settlements in Canada, But just at this time that buccaneering sea captain, David Kirke, besieged Quebec, took it and carried its brave governor, Champlain, away prisoner. This Country of Ours Certainly it had never been disgraced by such acts of buccaneering and piracy as were of everyday occurrence in South American waters. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty It is not raining rain to me, But fields of clover bloom, Where any buccaneering bee Can find a bed and room. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 Rather he would seem to have been a throwback to some savage, buccaneering ancestor. The Fawn Gloves A certain mulatto became glorious in buccaneering annals for running down his game: out of a hundred hides which he sent to France, ten only were pierced with bullet-holes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 The affair at Maracaybo is to be considered as Captain Blood's buccaneering masterpiece. Captain Blood There were buccaneering widows who came to seize him, and who griped umbrellas under their arms, as if each umbrella were he, and each griper had got him. No Thoroughfare That she would despise him, he could not doubt, deeming him no better than all the other scoundrels who drove this villainous buccaneering trade. Captain Blood It was the first time in his buccaneering career that an order of his had been disregarded, or that a man had failed in the obedience to which he pledged all those who joined him. Captain Blood The only detail in which the French conquest of Cartagena differed from an ordinary buccaneering raid was that under the severest penalties no soldier was to enter the house of any inhabitant. Captain Blood He related it... oh, just as a commonplace, an instance of buccaneering ways. Captain Blood Aboard the Arabella there was to be none of the ruffianly indiscipline that normally prevailed in buccaneering vessels. Captain Blood Held fast in bondage by the thought of Arabella and her scorn of him for a thief and a pirate, he had sworn that he had done with buccaneering. Captain Blood |
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