My friends did not originally design me for the sea, but bred me at school till I came to years fit for a trade. But upon the death of my father and mother, they who had the disposal of me took other measures ; and having... A New Voyage Round the World - Page 2by William Dampier - 1699Full view - About this book
| John Crawfurd - 1856 - 480 pages
...said to have been born in 1652. " My friends," says he, "did not originally design me for the sea. till I came to years fit for a trade. But upon the death of my father an 1 mother they who had the disposal of me took other measures, and having removed me from the Latin... | |
| David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 pages
...Campeachy Voyages are here prefixed to the " Voyage Round the World."] MY friends did not originally design me for the sea, but bred me at school till I came to years fit for a trade.1 But upon the death of my father and mother, they who had the disposal of me took other measures... | |
| 1876 - 636 pages
...about the middle of the seventeenth century. His friends did not originally design him for the sea, " but, upon the death of my father and mother, they, who had the disposal of me, took other measures, and, having removed me from the Latin School, to learn writing... | |
| Louis Becke, Walter Jeffery - 1899 - 384 pages
...1652 at East Coker, Somersetshire. Of his parents he tells us that "they did not originally design me for the sea, but bred me at school till I came of years fit for a trade. But upon the death of my mother they who had the disposal of me took other... | |
| William Dampier - 1906 - 694 pages
...Sea, and the Rambles I made till my setting out for Campeachy. My Friends did not originally design me for the Sea, but bred me at School till I came...the Death of my Father and Mother, they who had the disposal of me, took other Measures ; and having removed me from the Latin School to learn Writing... | |
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