Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... night , and vainly im- agined that I prayed enough by night to atone for the sins of the day . Believing that no other person on board prayed , I was filled with pride , concluding I had as much or more religion than the whole crew ...
... night , and vainly im- agined that I prayed enough by night to atone for the sins of the day . Believing that no other person on board prayed , I was filled with pride , concluding I had as much or more religion than the whole crew ...
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... 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 found ourselves surrounded with ships , and supposed we were discovered . We ...
... 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 found ourselves surrounded with ships , and supposed we were discovered . We ...
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... Night came on , and the ship that we were chasing escaped us . Shortly after this , about the middle of Feb. 1780 , early in the morning , we discovered four or five large British ships of war to lee- ward of us , the land being in ...
... Night came on , and the ship that we were chasing escaped us . Shortly after this , about the middle of Feb. 1780 , early in the morning , we discovered four or five large British ships of war to lee- ward of us , the land being in ...
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... night of the first of April , within eight hundred yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured to run by Sullivan's Island , under a heavy fire from fort ...
... night of the first of April , within eight hundred yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured to run by Sullivan's Island , under a heavy fire from fort ...
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... night counted ten bombs of different sizes , flying in the air at one time . No spot could now be considered as a place of safety . We were in contin- ual apprehension of an attempt to carry our works by storm , the force of the enemy ...
... night counted ten bombs of different sizes , flying in the air at one time . No spot could now be considered as a place of safety . We were in contin- ual apprehension of an attempt to carry our works by storm , the force of the enemy ...
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