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... wife's safety - The kind - hearted fisherman - Find the smack - Account of her escape - Journey on land - Coach upset - Again preserved - Reach home - Old Jerry again - His adventure with the bears , 171-195 · CHAPTER X. Happiness at ...
... wife's safety - The kind - hearted fisherman - Find the smack - Account of her escape - Journey on land - Coach upset - Again preserved - Reach home - Old Jerry again - His adventure with the bears , 171-195 · CHAPTER X. Happiness at ...
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... wife , and home - How my uncle became indignant - Jerry wishes me to take French leave- I refuse , I ask for and obtain permission to go ashore - Meeting with Uncle Kelson --Jerry prepares my wife for the interview - Tempted to desert ...
... wife , and home - How my uncle became indignant - Jerry wishes me to take French leave- I refuse , I ask for and obtain permission to go ashore - Meeting with Uncle Kelson --Jerry prepares my wife for the interview - Tempted to desert ...
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... wife , and accompanied him to Shetland . But the damp , cold climate of that northern land was a sore trial to her constitution , accustomed , as she had been , to the soft air of her native Devonshire , and she entreated that he would ...
... wife , and accompanied him to Shetland . But the damp , cold climate of that northern land was a sore trial to her constitution , accustomed , as she had been , to the soft air of her native Devonshire , and she entreated that he would ...
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... wife , agreed to do as he wished . As soon as he was able he fetched them from Shetland to Hull , whence he conveyed . them to Plymouth in his own vessel , and left them very comfortably settled in a little house of their own in the ...
... wife , agreed to do as he wished . As soon as he was able he fetched them from Shetland to Hull , whence he conveyed . them to Plymouth in his own vessel , and left them very comfortably settled in a little house of their own in the ...
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... wife and family for a long time to come . Still our captain was a resolute man , and one who would never give in while a prospect of escape remained . The helm was put down , and we kept up five or six points towards the French coast ...
... wife and family for a long time to come . Still our captain was a resolute man , and one who would never give in while a prospect of escape remained . The helm was put down , and we kept up five or six points towards the French coast ...
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Page 199 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 79 - There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To take care of the life of poor Jack.
Page 271 - There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and before the spring much may be changed.
Page 346 - Bear down, d'ye see, To our Admiral's lee ! ' 'No, no,' says the Frenchman, 'that can't be !' ' Then I must lug you along with me !
Page 346 - Frenchman laughed and thought it stuff, But they knew not the handful of men, how tough, On board of the Arethusa. On deck five hundred men did dance, The stoutest they could find in France; We with two hundred did advance On board of the Arethusa. Our captain hailed the Frenchman, 'Ho!