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But of all the ship's crew there were but two foremast men that would be perswaded to obey commands , namely , Thomas Reafin and John Smith , men of innate courage , who , for their good resolution on that and divers other occasions in ...
But of all the ship's crew there were but two foremast men that would be perswaded to obey commands , namely , Thomas Reafin and John Smith , men of innate courage , who , for their good resolution on that and divers other occasions in ...
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after a little further advance into that new channel , wholly against his hopes , he had a good deal of water more than the ship drew , which soon mended upon us , the next cast of the lead affording eighteen or twenty foot .
after a little further advance into that new channel , wholly against his hopes , he had a good deal of water more than the ship drew , which soon mended upon us , the next cast of the lead affording eighteen or twenty foot .
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Our main - mast thus fallen to the broadside , was like to incommode us more in the sea , than in her proper station ; for the shrouds and rigging not losing the hold they had of the ship , every surge did so check the mast ( whose but ...
Our main - mast thus fallen to the broadside , was like to incommode us more in the sea , than in her proper station ; for the shrouds and rigging not losing the hold they had of the ship , every surge did so check the mast ( whose but ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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| Title | Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the Present |
| Editor | Francis Coleman Rosenberger |
| Contributor | Francis Coleman Rosenberger |
| Publisher | E.P. Dutton, 1948 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 576 pages |
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