Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... hand , and stinted acquirements on the other , have disqualified them for the task . In the present in- stance , however , we are presented with the Memoirs of one in an humble station , during the trying period of America's strife ...
... hand , and stinted acquirements on the other , have disqualified them for the task . In the present in- stance , however , we are presented with the Memoirs of one in an humble station , during the trying period of America's strife ...
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... hands and aching heart , O how it throbs this day ; Their loss is felt in every part Of North America . " He These lines indicate the spirit of the times , rather than the poetic talent of their author . A martial spirit was diffused ...
... hands and aching heart , O how it throbs this day ; Their loss is felt in every part Of North America . " He These lines indicate the spirit of the times , rather than the poetic talent of their author . A martial spirit was diffused ...
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... hands of a foe , whose tender mercies were cruel . Danger how- ever did not deter our young men from pressing forward to the battle ground , or sailing to meet the foe upon the ocean . I turn to myself . While residing in Epsom , on a ...
... hands of a foe , whose tender mercies were cruel . Danger how- ever did not deter our young men from pressing forward to the battle ground , or sailing to meet the foe upon the ocean . I turn to myself . While residing in Epsom , on a ...
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... hands . Placing much dependence on the protection of my uncles , I was much elated with my supposed good fortune , which had at last made me a sailor . I was not yet fourteen years of age . I had received some little moral and religious ...
... hands . Placing much dependence on the protection of my uncles , I was much elated with my supposed good fortune , which had at last made me a sailor . I was not yet fourteen years of age . I had received some little moral and religious ...
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... hands and the sea rough , especial- ly in the gulf stream , inany were exceedingly sick , and myself among the rest . We afforded a subject of con- stant ridicule to the old sailors . Our officers improved every favorable opportunity ...
... hands and the sea rough , especial- ly in the gulf stream , inany were exceedingly sick , and myself among the rest . We afforded a subject of con- stant ridicule to the old sailors . Our officers improved every favorable opportunity ...
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