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... Shore CHAPTER XLVIII . • 439 My Sister Virginia is at last placed in a Situation which is satisfactory to my Mother as well as to herself CHAPTER XLIX . . 451 My Father , much to his Surprise , has a Bit of Land to put his Foot upon ...
... Shore CHAPTER XLVIII . • 439 My Sister Virginia is at last placed in a Situation which is satisfactory to my Mother as well as to herself CHAPTER XLIX . . 451 My Father , much to his Surprise , has a Bit of Land to put his Foot upon ...
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... shore . Light winds -got well in for the land , and then it fell calm . Gun- boats four miles off , using their sweeps - out boats in chase , -I was coxswain of the first pinnace , -a devilish fast boat , messmate , I can tell you ...
... shore . Light winds -got well in for the land , and then it fell calm . Gun- boats four miles off , using their sweeps - out boats in chase , -I was coxswain of the first pinnace , -a devilish fast boat , messmate , I can tell you ...
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... shore to dine with the port - admiral ; and , although he seldom left the ship , he could not refuse such a com- pliment , and so he went . As soon as it was dark , Jack thought his absence too good an opportunity not to have a fish ...
... shore to dine with the port - admiral ; and , although he seldom left the ship , he could not refuse such a com- pliment , and so he went . As soon as it was dark , Jack thought his absence too good an opportunity not to have a fish ...
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... shore as we could . It was necessary , at the end of one reach , to cross over to the other side of the river ; and , in so doing , we were driven by the tide against a large buoy , when the wherry filled and upset in an instant . We ...
... shore as we could . It was necessary , at the end of one reach , to cross over to the other side of the river ; and , in so doing , we were driven by the tide against a large buoy , when the wherry filled and upset in an instant . We ...
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... shore . So , as he was a clean likely fellow , he obtained the situation of purser's steward in an Indiaman . After that , he was captain's steward on board of several ships . He sailed ori- ginally from Yarmouth ; and , going home ...
... shore . So , as he was a clean likely fellow , he obtained the situation of purser's steward in an Indiaman . After that , he was captain's steward on board of several ships . He sailed ori- ginally from Yarmouth ; and , going home ...
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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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