Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1G. Bell and Sons, 1882 |
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... sloop , and embark for the Madeiras . CHAPTER XVIII . 497 We are chased by a brigantine and sloop , privateers - During the chase they discover an English man - of - war , and sheer off - Arrive safe at Antigua - My wife returns to ...
... sloop , and embark for the Madeiras . CHAPTER XVIII . 497 We are chased by a brigantine and sloop , privateers - During the chase they discover an English man - of - war , and sheer off - Arrive safe at Antigua - My wife returns to ...
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... sloop , which they manned for a privateer , giving the command to Singleton . After a cruise of two years , they began to grow rich , disposed of the sloop , and transferred the crew to a large Spanish frigate carrying thirty - eight ...
... sloop , which they manned for a privateer , giving the command to Singleton . After a cruise of two years , they began to grow rich , disposed of the sloop , and transferred the crew to a large Spanish frigate carrying thirty - eight ...
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... sloop , or shallop , or whatever they would call it , which they found was so difficult , they should rather make a large periagua , or canoe , which might be done with great ease . It was presently objected , that we could never make a ...
... sloop , or shallop , or whatever they would call it , which they found was so difficult , they should rather make a large periagua , or canoe , which might be done with great ease . It was presently objected , that we could never make a ...
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... sloop , and he knew this , that , if we went into the Red Sea , we should either be killed by the wild Arabs , or taken and made slaves of by the Turks ; and therefore he was not for going that way . Upon this I took occasion to put in ...
... sloop , and he knew this , that , if we went into the Red Sea , we should either be killed by the wild Arabs , or taken and made slaves of by the Turks ; and therefore he was not for going that way . Upon this I took occasion to put in ...
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... sloop , and both well manned , I would not desire a better place in the world to make myself as rich as a king . But to return to the consultations they were in about going . Upon the whole , it was resolved to venture over for the main ...
... sloop , and both well manned , I would not desire a better place in the world to make myself as rich as a king . But to return to the consultations they were in about going . Upon the whole , it was resolved to venture over for the main ...
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