Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... frequently mourned deeply over my separation from my father , mother , brothers and sisters . I had no playmate . When childish vanity or froward- ness received correction , I frequently felt myself friend- less , and sometimes thought ...
... frequently mourned deeply over my separation from my father , mother , brothers and sisters . I had no playmate . When childish vanity or froward- ness received correction , I frequently felt myself friend- less , and sometimes thought ...
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... frequently called together for military discipline , their example was not lost upon the boys.- Lads from seven years old and upwards , were formed into companies , and being properly officered , armed with wooden guns and adorned with ...
... frequently called together for military discipline , their example was not lost upon the boys.- Lads from seven years old and upwards , were formed into companies , and being properly officered , armed with wooden guns and adorned with ...
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... frequently obliged to fight . In this I was sometimes victorious . My uncles , and oth- ers , prompted me to defend my rights . I soon began to improve in boxing , and to indulge in swearing . At first this practice occasioned some ...
... frequently obliged to fight . In this I was sometimes victorious . My uncles , and oth- ers , prompted me to defend my rights . I soon began to improve in boxing , and to indulge in swearing . At first this practice occasioned some ...
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... frequently struck a few strokes , that their ships might not approach too near each other during the night . We were close on board one of their largest armed ships ; and from the multitude of lights which had appeared , supposed that ...
... frequently struck a few strokes , that their ships might not approach too near each other during the night . We were close on board one of their largest armed ships ; and from the multitude of lights which had appeared , supposed that ...
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... frequently . As I was passing a house in Lynn , I was noticed by a woman who stood in her door ; she came immediately into the road to me , asked me a few quest- ions , and insisted upon my going into the house . were met at the door by ...
... frequently . As I was passing a house in Lynn , I was noticed by a woman who stood in her door ; she came immediately into the road to me , asked me a few quest- ions , and insisted upon my going into the house . were met at the door by ...
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