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... perhaps , of much consequence . My father was a man who invariably looked forward , and hated anything like retrospection : he never mentioned either his father or his mother ; perhaps he was not personally acquainted with them . All I ...
... perhaps , of much consequence . My father was a man who invariably looked forward , and hated anything like retrospection : he never mentioned either his father or his mother ; perhaps he was not personally acquainted with them . All I ...
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... perhaps not more than once in the year . But he was , as I have said , very poor ; and moreover he was a married man , which reminds me that I must introduce his lady , who , as the ship was on the Channel service , had lodgings at the ...
... perhaps not more than once in the year . But he was , as I have said , very poor ; and moreover he was a married man , which reminds me that I must introduce his lady , who , as the ship was on the Channel service , had lodgings at the ...
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... perhaps , six or seven . Here my mother replied that " it was out of gratitude to her ( sob ) for having consented to permit him to ( sob ) speak to Sir Hercules ( sob ) , who would plead with her ladyship ( sob ) , which had occasioned ...
... perhaps , six or seven . Here my mother replied that " it was out of gratitude to her ( sob ) for having consented to permit him to ( sob ) speak to Sir Hercules ( sob ) , who would plead with her ladyship ( sob ) , which had occasioned ...
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... perhaps had been softened down by the awe which he had of Lady Hercules when he first made my mother's acquaintance , were now more coarse , and so was his language ; and the neatness and cleanliness of person which he was obliged to ...
... perhaps had been softened down by the awe which he had of Lady Hercules when he first made my mother's acquaintance , were now more coarse , and so was his language ; and the neatness and cleanliness of person which he was obliged to ...
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... perhaps saved me a great deal more fight- ing , and obtained me the mastery over the other boys on the beach . Indeed , I became such a favourite with the watermen that they would send the other boys away ; and thus did I become , at ...
... perhaps saved me a great deal more fight- ing , and obtained me the mastery over the other boys on the beach . Indeed , I became such a favourite with the watermen that they would send the other boys away ; and thus did I become , at ...
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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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