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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Side vii
... hope of meeting her again , and for ever , in the mansions of the blessed . And I thank her Heavenly Father and mine , that he has put it into my mind to set in order the narrative of my life , to amuse me the while . For , in so doing ...
... hope of meeting her again , and for ever , in the mansions of the blessed . And I thank her Heavenly Father and mine , that he has put it into my mind to set in order the narrative of my life , to amuse me the while . For , in so doing ...
Side 2
... hope soon to see me again . In a few days I took leave of our friends at the parsonage , and of my own family . At parting , my father gave me his blessing and my mother's Bible ; and with these much valued gifts , I left the village of ...
... hope soon to see me again . In a few days I took leave of our friends at the parsonage , and of my own family . At parting , my father gave me his blessing and my mother's Bible ; and with these much valued gifts , I left the village of ...
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... hope , dear uncle , ” I replied ; " he did righteously ; and I revere his memory the more for taking care of the most helpless . " - " But how many hogsheads of tobacco didst thou bring home , Ned ? " " Three hundred , sir ; but if you ...
... hope , dear uncle , ” I replied ; " he did righteously ; and I revere his memory the more for taking care of the most helpless . " - " But how many hogsheads of tobacco didst thou bring home , Ned ? " " Three hundred , sir ; but if you ...
Side 7
... hope so , aunt , " I replied ; " but have you any commands to Awbury ( for so was then called the obscure village of my birth ) ; I am going there as soon as I have settled accounts with my uncle as to what I have been doing in America ...
... hope so , aunt , " I replied ; " but have you any commands to Awbury ( for so was then called the obscure village of my birth ) ; I am going there as soon as I have settled accounts with my uncle as to what I have been doing in America ...
Side 9
... hope that fortune would favour me so that I might be able to provide for my sisters . This kind sentiment towards them was as kindly received by them ; but the youngest said , she would not wait the event of fortune - making , but would ...
... hope that fortune would favour me so that I might be able to provide for my sisters . This kind sentiment towards them was as kindly received by them ; but the youngest said , she would not wait the event of fortune - making , but would ...
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