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... vessel , the ' Mary Louisa , ' a miserable barque of 400 tons , laden as it turned out with coals and gun- powder for Singapore , lying in the Gravesend reach of the river , his dissatisfaction was complete , although on their account ...
... vessel , the ' Mary Louisa , ' a miserable barque of 400 tons , laden as it turned out with coals and gun- powder for Singapore , lying in the Gravesend reach of the river , his dissatisfaction was complete , although on their account ...
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... vessel . She describes the frigate with delight , for she had never before sailed in a ship of war ; its beauty , airiness , and cleanliness , its wonderful discipline , and the noiselessness with which all the operations of navigation ...
... vessel . She describes the frigate with delight , for she had never before sailed in a ship of war ; its beauty , airiness , and cleanliness , its wonderful discipline , and the noiselessness with which all the operations of navigation ...
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... vessel . So near are we constantly to death ! ' In another letter to her sister - in - law of the same date ( April 4 , 1850 ) she describes their residence at Penang : ' The Hill is eight miles from the town , and Mr. Grant and I set ...
... vessel . So near are we constantly to death ! ' In another letter to her sister - in - law of the same date ( April 4 , 1850 ) she describes their residence at Penang : ' The Hill is eight miles from the town , and Mr. Grant and I set ...
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... vessel . Had he fallen into the water the rushing stream , then very rapid , must have carried him away , had he escaped the sharks and alligators which abounded in it ; but through God's mercy , to which he thankfully ascribes LAID UP ...
... vessel . Had he fallen into the water the rushing stream , then very rapid , must have carried him away , had he escaped the sharks and alligators which abounded in it ; but through God's mercy , to which he thankfully ascribes LAID UP ...
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... vessel , and as he fell he caught hold of the boat , and dragged himself into it , escaping only with some bruises . " On his return his knee became much worse , the conse- quence , he said , of many falls and bruises which he had in ...
... vessel , and as he fell he caught hold of the boat , and dragged himself into it , escaping only with some bruises . " On his return his knee became much worse , the conse- quence , he said , of many falls and bruises which he had in ...
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