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 91
Page iv
... thought so appalling , that he shrank from the task . It was 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 ...
... thought so appalling , that he shrank from the task . It was 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 ...
Page xi
... thoughts respecting the work . When Mr. Sherburne first consulted me on the expe- diency of having it published , I felt apprehensive that it would be unsaleable , and occasion to him , rather a bur- then than a benefit ; and ...
... thoughts respecting the work . When Mr. Sherburne first consulted me on the expe- diency of having it published , I felt apprehensive that it would be unsaleable , and occasion to him , rather a bur- then than a benefit ; and ...
Page 14
... thought that I was chastised when I did not deserve it , and that if my parents were acquain- ted with my sufferings , they would surely take me home with them . Children certainly enjoy a very great blessing , who in childhood are ...
... thought that I was chastised when I did not deserve it , and that if my parents were acquain- ted with my sufferings , they would surely take me home with them . Children certainly enjoy a very great blessing , who in childhood are ...
Page 15
... founded any hopes of salvation on those impress- ions . From that time forward , however , when I thought of God , my mind was filled with awe , and I often dread- pe- ed to sin against him . Still I was ANDREW SHERBURNE . 15.
... founded any hopes of salvation on those impress- ions . From that time forward , however , when I thought of God , my mind was filled with awe , and I often dread- pe- ed to sin against him . Still I was ANDREW SHERBURNE . 15.
Page 20
... thought themselves vastly superior to country lads ; and indeed in those days the distinction was much greater than at present . My diffidence and aversion to swearing , ren- dered me an object of ridicule to those little profane chaps ...
... thought themselves vastly superior to country lads ; and indeed in those days the distinction was much greater than at present . My diffidence and aversion to swearing , ren- dered me an object of ridicule to those little profane chaps ...
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