On 28 September, " Cerberus " captured the French letter of marque " Echange " . " Echange " was pierced for 14 guns but carried only 10.
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After all, argues its adapter and illustrator, Stephane Heuet, Proust may be considered a giant of modern French letters, but who actually reads his immense semiautobiographical novel these days?
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During the winter of 1811-1812 " Sparrow " was stationed off Cape Matxitxako, and captured a French letter of marque, and also a brig laden with cotton and rice.
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"A letter " could be construed to mean a French letter, or a letter beginning any one of the 15, 863 words in English that are capable of sexual interpretation.
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He is instead the joint creation of Jean Genet, the all-time favorite bad boy of French letters, and Alan Cumming, the reigning favorite bad boy of the New York stage.
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Baudelaire dedicated the book to the poet Th�ophile Gautier, describing him as a " parfait magicien des lettres fran�aises " ( " a perfect magician of French letters " ).
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The French letter of marque " Flambeau " was a brig that was slightly more powerful than " Enterprise ", having twelve eight-pound cannon as compared to the American schooner's dozen six-pounders.
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On 21 April " Mosambique " captured the French letter of marque brig " Jean Jacques " . " Jean Jacques " was pierced for 18 guns but carried only six long 9-pounders.
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This part of France belonged to English kings for a good part of the Middle Ages, but here as elsewhere, what the English call " French letters " the French call " preservatifs, " not condoms.
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On 16 January 1814, the 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, her prize, the ex-French letter of marque brig " Jason ", and were in company when they spotted " Alcm�ne " and " Iphig�nie ".
