Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... seemed to account it an honor to have Mrs. Bell for a guest . She paid especial attention to As Rye was once a part of Portsmouth , I have generally hailed from that place . the youth and children of those families in which she 14 ...
... seemed to account it an honor to have Mrs. Bell for a guest . She paid especial attention to As Rye was once a part of Portsmouth , I have generally hailed from that place . the youth and children of those families in which she 14 ...
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... seemed to be involuntarily impelled . The conflict of feeling subsided , my mind became tranquil , and for some days or weeks , I felt an unusuul degree of solemnity . I have no recollection that Mrs. Bell ever made any inqui- ries ...
... seemed to be involuntarily impelled . The conflict of feeling subsided , my mind became tranquil , and for some days or weeks , I felt an unusuul degree of solemnity . I have no recollection that Mrs. Bell ever made any inqui- ries ...
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... seemed now to be brooding over me , and the storm with which I had ( at least in anticipation ) been threatened , was now about to burst upon me . The wind was decidedly ahead and it was something of a risk to cross the gulf of St ...
... seemed now to be brooding over me , and the storm with which I had ( at least in anticipation ) been threatened , was now about to burst upon me . The wind was decidedly ahead and it was something of a risk to cross the gulf of St ...
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... seemed to imagine himself on board the privateer and would fre- quently speak to this and the other officer , and reply as though they answered him . When night came on , I ad- vised him to go into his cabin . I made his bed and ...
... seemed to imagine himself on board the privateer and would fre- quently speak to this and the other officer , and reply as though they answered him . When night came on , I ad- vised him to go into his cabin . I made his bed and ...
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... seemed to labor hard . The night was dark ; neither moon or stars could be seen . We could not " cast anchors out of the stern , " as did Paul's company off Malta . We no doubt as earnestly wished for day as they did , and when the day ...
... seemed to labor hard . The night was dark ; neither moon or stars could be seen . We could not " cast anchors out of the stern , " as did Paul's company off Malta . We no doubt as earnestly wished for day as they did , and when the day ...
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