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... of the owners had come round in the brig , but he had landed and taken a post- chaise back towards London . In the morning the brig sailed , and by noon the gale was blowing with its fiercest violence . In vain my poor mother watched and.
... of the owners had come round in the brig , but he had landed and taken a post- chaise back towards London . In the morning the brig sailed , and by noon the gale was blowing with its fiercest violence . In vain my poor mother watched and.
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... taken in life . Instead of this , I made up my mind if they should say no , as Charley expressed it , to cut my stick and run . Many have done as I did , and bitterly repented their folly and ingratitude every day afterwards to the end ...
... taken in life . Instead of this , I made up my mind if they should say no , as Charley expressed it , to cut my stick and run . Many have done as I did , and bitterly repented their folly and ingratitude every day afterwards to the end ...
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... taken a glass of wine with him there , so I took it for granted that I was to be a sort of midshipman on board . The first night , when the middle watch was set , and I began to grow very sleepy , I asked Charley in which of the cabins ...
... taken a glass of wine with him there , so I took it for granted that I was to be a sort of midshipman on board . The first night , when the middle watch was set , and I began to grow very sleepy , I asked Charley in which of the cabins ...
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... taken out of the boat and propped up on a mattress . He read the Church of England burial service with a faltering voice ( he himself looking like death itself ) over the bodies of those whom it appeared too probable that he would ...
... taken out of the boat and propped up on a mattress . He read the Church of England burial service with a faltering voice ( he himself looking like death itself ) over the bodies of those whom it appeared too probable that he would ...
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... taken by sur- prise , and not have been able to get clear in time . I heard the captain propose to Mr. Cole to set her on fire , in the hopes that the blaze might bring some vessel down to our relief ; but I suspect that he had not the ...
... taken by sur- prise , and not have been able to get clear in time . I heard the captain propose to Mr. Cole to set her on fire , in the hopes that the blaze might bring some vessel down to our relief ; but I suspect that he had not the ...
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