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  1. 07-21-2017, 01:47 #1
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    I have read Patrick O'Brian's books twice and I have only just learnt what "Broached" means.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killick View Post
    I have read Patrick O'Brian's books twice and I have only just learnt what "Broached" means.
    You can't have drunk many casks of Old Jamaica rum in your time then Alistair.
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    The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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