Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... gave freedom , independence and prosperity to the United States of Amer- ica . And a very large majority of that few have gone by three score years and ten . They are bending beneath the weight of years and early sufferings . Their thin ...
... gave freedom , independence and prosperity to the United States of Amer- ica . And a very large majority of that few have gone by three score years and ten . They are bending beneath the weight of years and early sufferings . Their thin ...
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... gave the alarm . I was taken out , and the Almighty was pleased to resuscitate me . Having reach- ed the age of seven years , my father placed me with Mr. John Cate , of Londonderry , forty miles from Portsmouth . His wife was my ...
... gave the alarm . I was taken out , and the Almighty was pleased to resuscitate me . Having reach- ed the age of seven years , my father placed me with Mr. John Cate , of Londonderry , forty miles from Portsmouth . His wife was my ...
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... gave me a momentary relief to escape from the house unmolested . I fled to the barn , imagining that my feet scarcely touched the ground , and falling on my knees in one corner , I , for the first time attempted to pray . To all this ...
... gave me a momentary relief to escape from the house unmolested . I fled to the barn , imagining that my feet scarcely touched the ground , and falling on my knees in one corner , I , for the first time attempted to pray . To all this ...
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... gave her up to us to man also . When this was ac- complished , it was nearly night ; we were , however , unwilling to abandon the opportunity of enriching our- selves , therefore kept along under easy sail . Some time in the night we ...
... gave her up to us to man also . When this was ac- complished , it was nearly night ; we were , however , unwilling to abandon the opportunity of enriching our- selves , therefore kept along under easy sail . Some time in the night we ...
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... gave her chase . We were running toward the land , and the wind increased to such a degree that orders were given to reef the topsails . It was the business of boys , with the assistance of marines , to reef the mizzen topsail . He who ...
... gave her chase . We were running toward the land , and the wind increased to such a degree that orders were given to reef the topsails . It was the business of boys , with the assistance of marines , to reef the mizzen topsail . He who ...
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