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... Spicer discloses strange Matters 412 CHAPTER XLV . Spicer's Death 417 CHAPTER XLVI . In which Mrs. St. Felix refuses a splendid Offer , which I am duly empowered to make to her CHAPTER XLVII . • 424 In which a new Character appears upon ...
... Spicer discloses strange Matters 412 CHAPTER XLV . Spicer's Death 417 CHAPTER XLVI . In which Mrs. St. Felix refuses a splendid Offer , which I am duly empowered to make to her CHAPTER XLVII . • 424 In which a new Character appears upon ...
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... Spicer . I say went by the name , as it was not the custom for the seamen to give their real names when they were entered or pressed into the service ; and of course they were discharged into the Hospital by the same name which they ...
... Spicer . I say went by the name , as it was not the custom for the seamen to give their real names when they were entered or pressed into the service ; and of course they were discharged into the Hospital by the same name which they ...
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... Spicer was brought up before the Council for this offence , and would have been discharged , had he not declared that he had done it only by way of a joke , to frighten the man ; and , as no one else was present , it could not be proved ...
... Spicer was brought up before the Council for this offence , and would have been discharged , had he not declared that he had done it only by way of a joke , to frighten the man ; and , as no one else was present , it could not be proved ...
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... Spicer talked about . I told him , and he re- plied , - " Well , Jack , I dare say that he is a very pleasant companion to one who , like you , is so anxious for information , and I have nothing to say against him , for we have no right ...
... Spicer talked about . I told him , and he re- plied , - " Well , Jack , I dare say that he is a very pleasant companion to one who , like you , is so anxious for information , and I have nothing to say against him , for we have no right ...
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... Spicer , or you'll lose it . " Admonitions from all those whom I loved were not without their effect ; and I made a resolution to be less intimate with Spicer . But it was difficult to do so , as I was obliged to be at the landing ...
... Spicer , or you'll lose it . " Admonitions from all those whom I loved were not without their effect ; and I made a resolution to be less intimate with Spicer . But it was difficult to do so , as I was obliged to be at the landing ...
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afterwards appeared asked beach Bessy better boat boatswain Bramble called captain CHAPTER coxswain cried dear deck Dick doctor door eyes feel Felix fellow Fisher's Alley French frigate gave give Greenwich guns hand handspike head hear heard Hoist the colours Hospital hour knew Lady Hercules ladyship laugh leave lieutenant liquorice look lugger man-of-war mate messmate midshipman mind Morlaix morning mother mudlarker never night Oh-e-oh old Nanny old woman passed perceived Peter Anderson pilot Poor Jack pretty pulled recollect replied my father river round sail Saunders seamen shillings ship shore Sir Hercules sister soon Spicer stairs suppose Tadpole taffrail talk tell there's things thought told Tom Saunders took turned vessel Virginia walked wherry widow wind wish young
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