Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionW. Williams, 1828 - 262 pages |
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... fathers and mothers side , were from England . My father could trace his pedigree back to one of the earliest settlers of Portsmouth , New Hampshire . Within my remembrance many persons of the name of Sherburne , were inhabitants of ...
... fathers and mothers side , were from England . My father could trace his pedigree back to one of the earliest settlers of Portsmouth , New Hampshire . Within my remembrance many persons of the name of Sherburne , were inhabitants of ...
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... father placed me with Mr. John Cate , of Londonderry , forty miles from Portsmouth . His wife was my fathers youngest sister . I lived more than four years in this family without having seen any member of my father's family . Here I ...
... father placed me with Mr. John Cate , of Londonderry , forty miles from Portsmouth . His wife was my fathers youngest sister . I lived more than four years in this family without having seen any member of my father's family . Here I ...
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... father or an affectionate mother , perhaps a widow , when news arrived that a son had fallen in the field of battle , or had languished and died in an hospital , or still remained a prisoner in the hands of a foe , whose tender mercies ...
... father or an affectionate mother , perhaps a widow , when news arrived that a son had fallen in the field of battle , or had languished and died in an hospital , or still remained a prisoner in the hands of a foe , whose tender mercies ...
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... father , though a high Whig , disapproved the practice of privateer- ing . Merchant vessels , at this period , which ran safe , made great gains , seamen's wages were consequently ve- ry high . Through my fathers influence , Thomas was ...
... father , though a high Whig , disapproved the practice of privateer- ing . Merchant vessels , at this period , which ran safe , made great gains , seamen's wages were consequently ve- ry high . Through my fathers influence , Thomas was ...
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... father having consented that I should go to sea , preferred the service of congress to pri- vateering . He was acquainted with Capt . Simpson . On board this ship were my two half uncles , Timothy and James Weymouth . Accompanied by my ...
... father having consented that I should go to sea , preferred the service of congress to pri- vateering . He was acquainted with Capt . Simpson . On board this ship were my two half uncles , Timothy and James Weymouth . Accompanied by my ...
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Page 258 - Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Page 258 - If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
Page 258 - Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Page 21 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Page 161 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord : my sore ran in the night, and ceased not : my soul refused to be comforted.
Page 156 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, Even praise unto our God : Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in the Lord.
Page 164 - It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Page 141 - And Jesus said. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 258 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone...
Page 256 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.