Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution, Written by HimselfH. H. Brown, 1831 - 312 pages |
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... charac- ter of his trials , and sufferings in the United States navy - his capture - and forcible de- tention in the British navy - shipwreck and sufferings in a wilderness in Newfoundland , in prison ships PREFACE. ...
... charac- ter of his trials , and sufferings in the United States navy - his capture - and forcible de- tention in the British navy - shipwreck and sufferings in a wilderness in Newfoundland , in prison ships PREFACE. ...
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... British Parliament in 1765 , the year of my birth . That act excited a general alarm among the American Colonists . Resolutions were passed against the act by most of the colonial assemblies . I had breathed but a few days when ten of ...
... British Parliament in 1765 , the year of my birth . That act excited a general alarm among the American Colonists . Resolutions were passed against the act by most of the colonial assemblies . I had breathed but a few days when ten of ...
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... British fleet - Captured- Small - pox - Came to Newport , R , I. with Capt . Pow- ers , his master - At Boston heard of his father's death -Death of Capt Powers , in Boston - Gets home sick -Sails in the Alexander -- in the Greyhound ...
... British fleet - Captured- Small - pox - Came to Newport , R , I. with Capt . Pow- ers , his master - At Boston heard of his father's death -Death of Capt Powers , in Boston - Gets home sick -Sails in the Alexander -- in the Greyhound ...
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... British ships of war to lee- ward of us , the land being in sight to windward , the en- emy gave us chase . We beat up to Charleston Bar , came to anchor , and waited a little while for the tide to rise , and then ran in and came to ...
... British ships of war to lee- ward of us , the land being in sight to windward , the en- emy gave us chase . We beat up to Charleston Bar , came to anchor , and waited a little while for the tide to rise , and then ran in and came to ...
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... British hav- ing crossed Ashley river , broke ground on the night of the first of April , within eight hundred yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured ...
... British hav- ing crossed Ashley river , broke ground on the night of the first of April , within eight hundred yards of our lines . About the 9th , the British fleet lying within the bar , having a fresh wind in their favour , ventured ...
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Page ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 312 - 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 243 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Page 171 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 312 - 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 312 - 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 147 - 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 163 - 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 he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Page 312 - 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 161 - ... Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes ! 2 The King himself comes near, And feasts his saints to-day ; Here we may sit, and see him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3 One day, amidst the place Where my dear God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin.