Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the RevolutionW. Williams, 1828 - 262 pages |
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... short time and enabled us to see a numerous fleet a few miles to windward , in such compact order that we thought it not best to approach them . We were however in hopes that we might pick up some single ship . We knew nothing of our ...
... short time and enabled us to see a numerous fleet a few miles to windward , in such compact order that we thought it not best to approach them . We were however in hopes that we might pick up some single ship . We knew nothing of our ...
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... short stop at Boston , for as most of our officers and crew belonged to Portsmouth and its vicinity , our vessel could be most conveniently re- fitted there . On returning home , I found the addition of another sister to the family ...
... short stop at Boston , for as most of our officers and crew belonged to Portsmouth and its vicinity , our vessel could be most conveniently re- fitted there . On returning home , I found the addition of another sister to the family ...
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... short . think he died the next day or the day after . I was much grieved for the loss of such a kind and faithful friend . He was indeed a father to me . I was now a poor orphan not yet fifteen years old , without relatives or ...
... short . think he died the next day or the day after . I was much grieved for the loss of such a kind and faithful friend . He was indeed a father to me . I was now a poor orphan not yet fifteen years old , without relatives or ...
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... short cruise in a fine schooner and make your fortune ? " I replied , that I expected to sail in the Alexander . " O we shall get back , " said he " before the Alexander will get ready to sail . " The young man was Capt . Jacob Willis ...
... short cruise in a fine schooner and make your fortune ? " I replied , that I expected to sail in the Alexander . " O we shall get back , " said he " before the Alexander will get ready to sail . " The young man was Capt . Jacob Willis ...
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... short stop at this place and got one hand only , and a poor thing he was . There was now no further prospect of increasing our crew , we were obliged to try our fortune with what we had and put to sea . I very much regretted that I had ...
... short stop at this place and got one hand only , and a poor thing he was . There was now no further prospect of increasing our crew , we were obliged to try our fortune with what we had and put to sea . I very much regretted that I had ...
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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.