Sentence examples for sea to command from inspiring English sources

In February 1649 Blake was appointed one of three "generals at sea" to command the navy.

One military result of Cleisthenes' changes is not in dispute: from 501 on, military command was vested in 10 stratēgoi, or commanders (the usual translation "generals" obscures the important point that they were expected to command by sea as well as by land).

So far as its ability to command the sea around the British Isles is concerned, most Englishmen are content, and if anything could bring a smile to the grave face of the British sovereign, the magnificent assemblage of 187 naval ships might surely be expected to do it.

They returned to Siberia, having killed nearly 1,000 sea otters, and were able to command high prices for the pelts.

This varies from command to command, and sea duty to shore duty.

The King's courtiers had said he was so great he could command the sea to stop.

the true story is of a king who takes his fawning courtiers to the beach to show them he has not absolute control- commands the sea to halt and watches as wet feet of the courtiers pushes home the point.

Those who made it to sea have commanded nothing more lethal than supply ships.

Canute set his throne by the sea and commanded the rising tide to turn back.

With the resumption of hostilities after the Peace of Amiens, Murray returned to sea in command of the 74-gun, but word soon reached him that Nelson had requested him to be his captain of the fleet in the Mediterranean.

In 1800 Harvey returned to sea in command of HMS Triumph, which he retained until the Peace of Amiens.