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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... preparation for the voyage ; and I sailed on the 5th of April , 1733 , in the Mary brig , for America , with an assortment of goods . We arrived in the Chesapeak Bay on the 2d of June , which was considered a good passage , and on the ...
... preparation for the voyage ; and I sailed on the 5th of April , 1733 , in the Mary brig , for America , with an assortment of goods . We arrived in the Chesapeak Bay on the 2d of June , which was considered a good passage , and on the ...
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... prepare for our departure . However , there was yet much to do . I had frequent conferences with my uncle at the counting - house ; and at length he gave me my instructions in writing , with letters to Mr. Dickinson at Kingston , and ...
... prepare for our departure . However , there was yet much to do . I had frequent conferences with my uncle at the counting - house ; and at length he gave me my instructions in writing , with letters to Mr. Dickinson at Kingston , and ...
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... prepared the animal , which was not much bigger than a rabbit , and , getting a saucepan out of the locker , cut the creature in pieces , and , mixing a little pepper , salt , butter , and flour into small balls , stewed it excellently ...
... prepared the animal , which was not much bigger than a rabbit , and , getting a saucepan out of the locker , cut the creature in pieces , and , mixing a little pepper , salt , butter , and flour into small balls , stewed it excellently ...
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... prepared to go on shore to take a walk . we were somewhat afraid , although we had not seen any traces of natives nor other inhabitants ; neither had we heard the howlings of wild beasts : still we did not deem it prudent to venture ...
... prepared to go on shore to take a walk . we were somewhat afraid , although we had not seen any traces of natives nor other inhabitants ; neither had we heard the howlings of wild beasts : still we did not deem it prudent to venture ...
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... prepared our little board for tea . Gentlefolk often wonder how servants and other working people can eat so much ; if I had ever entertained such a wonder , it was now no longer to me a mystery . While at tea , among other sub- jects ...
... prepared our little board for tea . Gentlefolk often wonder how servants and other working people can eat so much ; if I had ever entertained such a wonder , it was now no longer to me a mystery . While at tea , among other sub- jects ...
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