Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... sailing to meet the foe upon the ocean . I turn to myself . While residing in Epsom , on a Sabbath I went to a meeting in Chichester , accompa- nied by a number of others . I do not recollect to have heard the preacher's name , but I am ...
... sailing to meet the foe upon the ocean . I turn to myself . While residing in Epsom , on a Sabbath I went to a meeting in Chichester , accompa- nied by a number of others . I do not recollect to have heard the preacher's name , but I am ...
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... sail , a sail on the lee - bow ; another there , and there . " Our young officers ran up the shrouds , and with their glasses soon ascertained that more than fifty sail could be seen from the mast - head . It should here be observed ...
... sail , a sail on the lee - bow ; another there , and there . " Our young officers ran up the shrouds , and with their glasses soon ascertained that more than fifty sail could be seen from the mast - head . It should here be observed ...
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... sail . Some time in the night we found ourselves surrounded with ships , and supposed we were discovered . We could distinctly hear their bells , on which they frequently struck a few strokes , that their ships might not approach too ...
... sail . Some time in the night we found ourselves surrounded with ships , and supposed we were discovered . We could distinctly hear their bells , on which they frequently struck a few strokes , that their ships might not approach too ...
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... Sails in the Alexander - in the Greyhound - taken in a prize — imprisoned at Placentia ( Newfoundland . ) AFTER a few weeks , or perhaps a few days of pleasing pastime , the lads must repair to their ships again . It would seem unmanly ...
... Sails in the Alexander - in the Greyhound - taken in a prize — imprisoned at Placentia ( Newfoundland . ) AFTER a few weeks , or perhaps a few days of pleasing pastime , the lads must repair to their ships again . It would seem unmanly ...
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... sail to the end of the yard- arm . As I was not fortunate enough to be first , but was however the second , it was my lot to go on to the lee yard - arm , and pass the earring . I was followed by sev- eral heavy marines ; the lee lift ...
... sail to the end of the yard- arm . As I was not fortunate enough to be first , but was however the second , it was my lot to go on to the lee yard - arm , and pass the earring . I was followed by sev- eral heavy marines ; the lee lift ...
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