"Muster in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... being made a very defensible port; as, by possessing the island that closes tip the port or inner harbour, which island is only accessible in a very few places, a small force might easily secure this port against all the force which the Spaniards could muster in that part of the world. For this island is so steep towards the harbour, having six fathoms close to the shore, that the Anna anchored within forty yards of its coast; whence it is obvious how difficult it would prove, either to board or cut out any vessel protected by a force posted on shore ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr
... supposing monkeys were able to read the New Testament, they would still remain monkeys; in fact, they would probably be greater monkeys than ever.' The fact of such an expression being allowed to pass muster in once pious London is an excellent sign of the times and of our progress towards the pure Age of Reason. The name of Christ is no longer ...
— Ziska - The Problem of a Wicked Soul • Marie Corelli
... these slender dykes between Kadzand and Bruges that Alexander Farnese had now planted all the troops that he could muster in the field. It was his determination to conquer the city of Sluys; for the possession of that important sea-port was necessary for him as a basis for the invasion of England, which now occupied all the thoughts ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... a moderate slab of the indigestible cake, and sat down on a stool to eat it with as much patience as she could muster in the circumstances. ...
— Post Haste • R.M. Ballantyne |
