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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... morning , as my father and I were talking over my future prospects in life , I received a letter from my uncle , in which he stated that he wanted me to go to Virginia in one of his vessels as super- cargo . I was delighted with the ...
... morning , as my father and I were talking over my future prospects in life , I received a letter from my uncle , in which he stated that he wanted me to go to Virginia in one of his vessels as super- cargo . I was delighted with the ...
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... morning of the 26th of September , with a promise quickly to return . My horse went lazily home , and I felt no disposition to hurry him ; my thoughts took an opposite direc- tion to that which occupied them when on my way to revisit ...
... morning of the 26th of September , with a promise quickly to return . My horse went lazily home , and I felt no disposition to hurry him ; my thoughts took an opposite direc- tion to that which occupied them when on my way to revisit ...
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... morning of the next day , on wishing me a prosperous journey , he put a little parcel into my hand for my bride , which I had the happiness to deliver before night ; it was a hundred - pound bank note , a very acceptable wedding present ...
... morning of the next day , on wishing me a prosperous journey , he put a little parcel into my hand for my bride , which I had the happiness to deliver before night ; it was a hundred - pound bank note , a very acceptable wedding present ...
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... morning , we received a visit from him , and much courtesy ; he insisting that we should take up our residence at his penn during our stay in the island ; which we gladly accepted , and accordingly accom- panied him on shore ; and after ...
... morning , we received a visit from him , and much courtesy ; he insisting that we should take up our residence at his penn during our stay in the island ; which we gladly accepted , and accordingly accom- panied him on shore ; and after ...
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... morning , the market- day of Jamaica . I told Eliza of my object , and she desired to accompany me ; yet not without passing a just but severe censure on such an un- christian usage in a Christian colony . The market was held in a large ...
... morning , the market- day of Jamaica . I told Eliza of my object , and she desired to accompany me ; yet not without passing a just but severe censure on such an un- christian usage in a Christian colony . The market was held in a large ...
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