a stern chase is a long chase
- a stern chase is a long chase
A stern chase is one in which the pursuing ship follows directly in the wake of the pursued.
1823 J. F. COOPER Pilot xv. ‘If we can once get him in our wake I have no fears of dropping them all.’ ‘A stern chace is a long chase.’
1919 J. A. BRIDGES Victorian Recollections xiv. English poetry has had a start of some centuries, and a stern chase is proverbially a long one.
1929 G. B. VALE Mystery of Papyrus vii. 52 Followed again to-day by shabby native, but threw him off with complete success by getting rapidly into a taxi and driving round about. A stern chase is a long chase.
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