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... 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 - A happy time- Jerry's recollections - On board the ...
... 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 - A happy time- Jerry's recollections - On board the ...
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... wishes of his wife , as well as to please his own inclination , though for her sake he would rather have left her in safety on shore , for he too well knew all the dangers and hardships of the sea to desire to expose her to them . My ...
... wishes of his wife , as well as to please his own inclination , though for her sake he would rather have left her in safety on shore , for he too well knew all the dangers and hardships of the sea to desire to expose her to them . My ...
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... wish them good - bye , that his father had bound him apprentice to the owners of the schooner , and that he was to go to sea in her that very voyage . I was sorry to part with him , and I could not help eavying him for being able to ...
... wish them good - bye , that his father had bound him apprentice to the owners of the schooner , and that he was to go to sea in her that very voyage . I was sorry to part with him , and I could not help eavying him for being able to ...
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... wish without reason or necessity to go and do the same , and break your old grandmother's heart , who loves ye far ... wishes to their remonstrances . Had they from the first taught me the important lessons of self - denial and obedience ...
... wish without reason or necessity to go and do the same , and break your old grandmother's heart , who loves ye far ... wishes to their remonstrances . Had they from the first taught me the important lessons of self - denial and obedience ...
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... wishes . I spent the afternoon with Charley Iffley on board the Kite schooner , of which his father was mate . She was a fine craft , with a handsomely fitted up cabin . She had been a privateer in the last war , and still carried six ...
... wishes . I spent the afternoon with Charley Iffley on board the Kite schooner , of which his father was mate . She was a fine craft , with a handsomely fitted up cabin . She had been a privateer in the last war , and still carried six ...
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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!