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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... told me the particulars of my dear old . father's illness and death ; which had 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 ...
... told me the particulars of my dear old . father's illness and death ; which had 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 ...
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... in the house , and how kind and affectionate you were to her after her illness ? It was not long after her recovery , just when you went to Virginia , that she told me she would die 10 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE .
... in the house , and how kind and affectionate you were to her after her illness ? It was not long after her recovery , just when you went to Virginia , that she told me she would die 10 SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE .
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... told me she would die single , unless heaven should bless her by making her your wife . " " Maria ! my dearest Maria ! " I said , and em- braced her , not being able to complete what I wished to say . While I kept silent , for I was ...
... told me she would die single , unless heaven should bless her by making her your wife . " " Maria ! my dearest Maria ! " I said , and em- braced her , not being able to complete what I wished to say . While I kept silent , for I was ...
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... told : I said , ' You are my sun , dear Edward , and I thy faithful moon , watching thee in the west . " " " That was precisely it , my dear Eliza , " I rejoined ; " and may it be prophetic ! " In these few ardent words , I had avowed ...
... told : I said , ' You are my sun , dear Edward , and I thy faithful moon , watching thee in the west . " " " That was precisely it , my dear Eliza , " I rejoined ; " and may it be prophetic ! " In these few ardent words , I had avowed ...
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... told her , that she only had possession of my heart from my earliest years ; but that I did confess , I had not been con- scious of the extent and power of my affection until this very day , for that I did not dare to think of it as a ...
... told her , that she only had possession of my heart from my earliest years ; but that I did confess , I had not been con- scious of the extent and power of my affection until this very day , for that I did not dare to think of it as a ...
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