Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionH.H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... walk alone . The impression made on my mind con- tinued for some time . I do not recollect , however , to have formed any opinion respecting my situation . In- difference at last succeeded , but I did not indulge myself in outbreaking ...
... walk alone . The impression made on my mind con- tinued for some time . I do not recollect , however , to have formed any opinion respecting my situation . In- difference at last succeeded , but I did not indulge myself in outbreaking ...
Page 28
... walking on the green , one day , a bomb burst over my head , and a large piece buried itself in the turf within three feet of me . At another time , while sitting in the room of a sick shipmate , a ball struck the house and passed be ...
... walking on the green , one day , a bomb burst over my head , and a large piece buried itself in the turf within three feet of me . At another time , while sitting in the room of a sick shipmate , a ball struck the house and passed be ...
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... walk again , and feared I should never get home . A train of melancholy reflections overwhelmed my mind ; I wept , I wept bitterly . My father was dead , my master , a second father , was no more . I could re- member the sympathy he ...
... walk again , and feared I should never get home . A train of melancholy reflections overwhelmed my mind ; I wept , I wept bitterly . My father was dead , my master , a second father , was no more . I could re- member the sympathy he ...
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... cruise and I had been invited to try my for- tune in her again , and had concluded to accept the in- vitation ; but a circumstance occurred which gave me a different direction . I was walking the street one day , and being 34 MEMOIRS OF.
... cruise and I had been invited to try my for- tune in her again , and had concluded to accept the in- vitation ; but a circumstance occurred which gave me a different direction . I was walking the street one day , and being 34 MEMOIRS OF.
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A Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution Andrew Sherburne. I was walking the street one day , and being in a sea- man's garb , was readily recognised as a sailor and was overtaken by a jolly tar , who accosted me in the follow- ing ...
A Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution Andrew Sherburne. I was walking the street one day , and being in a sea- man's garb , was readily recognised as a sailor and was overtaken by a jolly tar , who accosted me in the follow- ing ...
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