Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page iv
... never- theless his intention ( if he could find time before death should call for him ) to leave in manuscript some detail of his extraordi- nary conflicts , and especially of the marvel- ous interpositions of the Lord of Sabbaoth in ...
... never- theless his intention ( if he could find time before death should call for him ) to leave in manuscript some detail of his extraordi- nary conflicts , and especially of the marvel- ous interpositions of the Lord of Sabbaoth in ...
Page v
... his prayer to God , that they and theirs may never want any good thing . And most fervently does he pray that the Americans as a nation may properly appreciate the 1 * PREFACE . with a dependant and helpless family, would ...
... his prayer to God , that they and theirs may never want any good thing . And most fervently does he pray that the Americans as a nation may properly appreciate the 1 * PREFACE . with a dependant and helpless family, would ...
Page 14
... never married , and at this time I believe subsisted on the charity of her friends .. Families whose means would allow it , seemed to account it an honor to have Mrs. Bell for a guest . She paid especial attention to As Rye was once a ...
... never married , and at this time I believe subsisted on the charity of her friends .. Families whose means would allow it , seemed to account it an honor to have Mrs. Bell for a guest . She paid especial attention to As Rye was once a ...
Page 15
... never been able satisfactorily to assign a cause for my feelings on that Sabbath . I am not aware that I founded any hopes of salvation on those impress- ions . From that time forward , however , when I thought of God , my mind was ...
... never been able satisfactorily to assign a cause for my feelings on that Sabbath . I am not aware that I founded any hopes of salvation on those impress- ions . From that time forward , however , when I thought of God , my mind was ...
Page 25
... never been discharged , and of course was consid- ered one of her crew . We rejoined our old consorts , and cruised to the southward , and in course of the win- ter put into Charleston , S. C. having taken several small British ...
... never been discharged , and of course was consid- ered one of her crew . We rejoined our old consorts , and cruised to the southward , and in course of the win- ter put into Charleston , S. C. having taken several small British ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Andrew Sherburne attention Baptist church Batavia began boat Boston bread brethren British brother called Capt Captain chase circumstance commenced Congregationalists Cornish crew deacon deck distress dollars elder endeavored favor fear feel feet felt Fortune bay friends gave guns hands heard horse hospital ships Island Jersey John journey lady land Limerick Limington Lippitt's regiment lived Lord Majesty's ship meeting miles Mill Prison mind months morning never New-York night occasion officers Ohio Olean passed person Piscataqua river pleasant port Portsmouth pray preached preacher prison ship prisoners Providence quarter recollect regiment river Sabbath Saco river sail sailors seemed shallop ship shipmates shore sick soon soul thought tion took town twenty uncle Utica vessel walk weeks Weymouth wife wind wished yard young