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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... taken , were put into my hands by the representative of their much - respected writer , merely as a curious specimen of old- fashioned times , the perusal of which might amuse me . On reading the manuscripts I found not only amusement ...
... taken , were put into my hands by the representative of their much - respected writer , merely as a curious specimen of old- fashioned times , the perusal of which might amuse me . On reading the manuscripts I found not only amusement ...
Side xv
... taken . Seaward secures his treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage to Ja- maica . A slight survey of the island's channel . The schooner repaired . Seaward bargains with him to take him and his wife to Jamaica ...
... taken . Seaward secures his treasure talks with the Virginian captain concerning a passage to Ja- maica . A slight survey of the island's channel . The schooner repaired . Seaward bargains with him to take him and his wife to Jamaica ...
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... taken place a month before . Tea was brought in , and my uncle followed it . He took me by the hand , saying , " Poor Ned ! thou hast a tender heart ; poor boy ! -but thy father was a good father , Ned , and it is honest and creditable ...
... taken place a month before . Tea was brought in , and my uncle followed it . He took me by the hand , saying , " Poor Ned ! thou hast a tender heart ; poor boy ! -but thy father was a good father , Ned , and it is honest and creditable ...
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... taken her seat , when an unexpected volunteer sprung in after her . " Who are you ? " cried my uncle . " Ah , poor Fidele , " said Eliza , " I had overlooked you in taking leave of my friends . " She patted him kindly , and was handing ...
... taken her seat , when an unexpected volunteer sprung in after her . " Who are you ? " cried my uncle . " Ah , poor Fidele , " said Eliza , " I had overlooked you in taking leave of my friends . " She patted him kindly , and was handing ...
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... taken place below ; tables , chairs , swinging lamp , chests , trunks , and many other things , huddled together , and some smashed to pieces . How the dog escaped without broken bones , I cannot divine ; but we also had escaped ; and a ...
... taken place below ; tables , chairs , swinging lamp , chests , trunks , and many other things , huddled together , and some smashed to pieces . How the dog escaped without broken bones , I cannot divine ; but we also had escaped ; and a ...
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