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    Piracy In The 18th Century

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    Since each court individually chose how to define piracy and determine who was a pirate, and lacking a ubiquitous and clear procedure to guide justices, predictably, the application of these determinants were haphazard and unpredictable. This extreme environment of uncertainty meant that neither sailors nor government officials knew for certain if these aggressive maritime actions were an illegal, or at the very least, a hangable offense. So why did the crown and Parliament allow such ambiguity…

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    “My next choice is my guard, Aber Tawy’s First Knight, Sir Maxen.” He moved to the front of the crowd and caught the fabric in his hand once it reached his hand. He and Audra acknowledged one another with a nod, but nothing more. “As for my third selection, I choose John as a my champion.” Several men glanced at one another, since John was such a popular name, so Audra clarified by pointing, and young John, pride shining in his light eyes, stepped forward and bowed. “I shall win for you today,…

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    Early English Piracy Law

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    Since officials exhibited such latitude in determining what constituting an act of piracy, Letters of Marque became crucially important during the seventeenth century to shield sailors from potential charges. English courts clearly identified the legal demarcation between privateers and pirates as early as the fourteenth century. The sovereign issued commissions to privateer captains authorizing them to attack the vessels of specified enemy nations. Since piracy included an element of robbery,…

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    She can't even think about her life now, doesn't really want to there's not really anything to think about. Her parents abandoned her, she was found on the doorstep some old abandoned building, she was thrown into the shitty low social class foster system, she ran away and lived on the streets for three years until she was kidnapped by Doll's House and raised to be Micheal's best, most expensive virgin. That's it that's her life and it's pitiful. She closes her eyes, turning to face the back…

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    of the Lemurian order is to reestablish an age of peace akin to the first golden age in which all creatures can coexist. Humanity is sick and dying. By breeding a new race, we could improve our species. They would be stronger, healthier, smarter and possess an improved longevity. Just imagine never looking a day over twenty five. " "The watcher’s DNA is the key to immortality." A scientist commented. “How so?” "I am Dr. Crenshaw by the way, and by examining the Nephilim, it is far easier to…

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    Post-colonial literature deals with the effects of colonization on cultures and societies through literature. This term has been started using after the Second world War in terms such as the post-colonial state and has carried a chronological meaning, designating the post-independence period. However, from the late 1970s the term has been used by literary critics to discuss the various cultural effects of colonization. It was Gayatri Spivak who first used the term Post-colonial in the collection…

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    Here is a ye olde tale Once upon a time, in the magical land of Yang lived a young girl named Chino. She lived along with her family and a best friend named Vamsi, he was a head knight in the king’s own personal guard. Chino hoped one day that she could be the best story teller in the entire middle earth, like her aunt Rona, who was a silver tongue. Silver tongues are a race of magical story tellers, who had the power of weaving the best stories ever heard in all of the three worlds, and they…

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    Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…

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