Sir Edward Seward's Narrative of His Shipwreck: And Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of Many Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749, as Written in His Own Diary, Bind 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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... friend , just returned to his kinsfolk and neighbours , after a widely wan- dering and chequered travel in distant lands . Thus impressed , I ventured to recommend the publication of Sir Edward Seaward's Diary to its M579262 " He owner ...
... friend , just returned to his kinsfolk and neighbours , after a widely wan- dering and chequered travel in distant lands . Thus impressed , I ventured to recommend the publication of Sir Edward Seaward's Diary to its M579262 " He owner ...
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... friend had used as objections ; namely , the unpretending simplicity of the relation , the family events described in it , as well as those of an extraordinary or more general nature ; also its sound and truly British principles ...
... friend had used as objections ; namely , the unpretending simplicity of the relation , the family events described in it , as well as those of an extraordinary or more general nature ; also its sound and truly British principles ...
Side vii
... friend , there are many loose papers in the same case with them ; by which it appears that Sir Edward Seaward was born in the year 1710 or 1711 , and departed this life in the year 1774 , at his seat in Gloucestershire . His wife , so ...
... friend , there are many loose papers in the same case with them ; by which it appears that Sir Edward Seaward was born in the year 1710 or 1711 , and departed this life in the year 1774 , at his seat in Gloucestershire . His wife , so ...
Side viii
... friend the possessor of this interesting manuscript , I cheerfully under- took the task of being its editor ; but my task has been light , being chiefly confined to alterations in the old style of orthography to that of the present ...
... friend the possessor of this interesting manuscript , I cheerfully under- took the task of being its editor ; but my task has been light , being chiefly confined to alterations in the old style of orthography to that of the present ...
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... friends to the poor sons of Africa , whether those friends be in England or the Western World . Besides this predominant feature , there are some other circumstances in the Narrative , so full of a peculiar interest , by leading us ...
... friends to the poor sons of Africa , whether those friends be in England or the Western World . Besides this predominant feature , there are some other circumstances in the Narrative , so full of a peculiar interest , by leading us ...
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