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... hands to pump . This we thought a lightning before death , but gave me occasion ( as having the best sea legs ) to ... hand , ran up with speed to prevent that evil , hoping thereby to ease the main - mast , and preserve it ; but the ...
... hands to pump . This we thought a lightning before death , but gave me occasion ( as having the best sea legs ) to ... hand , ran up with speed to prevent that evil , hoping thereby to ease the main - mast , and preserve it ; but the ...
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... hand , our arms and powder were laid up in safety , and divers earthen pipkins were put to boil with such varieties as the season would afford . Every body had something or other to defend and save them from the cold ; and my obligation ...
... hand , our arms and powder were laid up in safety , and divers earthen pipkins were put to boil with such varieties as the season would afford . Every body had something or other to defend and save them from the cold ; and my obligation ...
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... Hand over their Shoulder ; the other Leg hanging down , and the Child all the while holding fast with its other Hand ; but in Winter they carry them in the hollow of their Match - coat at their back , leaving nothing but the Child's ...
... Hand over their Shoulder ; the other Leg hanging down , and the Child all the while holding fast with its other Hand ; but in Winter they carry them in the hollow of their Match - coat at their back , leaving nothing but the Child's ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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