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... sent , they had no doubt , by Heaven , which drove them , without barking , out of the wood into the real road home . In Mr. Told's own words ( for the grave little boy in after life grew up into one of the Reverend Mr. Wesley's most ...
... sent , they had no doubt , by Heaven , which drove them , without barking , out of the wood into the real road home . In Mr. Told's own words ( for the grave little boy in after life grew up into one of the Reverend Mr. Wesley's most ...
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... sent on shore armed , " to enforce trade , " saw a negro dressed in a thick silk grass net , as Mumbo Jumbo , flogging the women . This supposed demon threatened Told , who drew his hanger , resolving , if the rascal had not fled , to ...
... sent on shore armed , " to enforce trade , " saw a negro dressed in a thick silk grass net , as Mumbo Jumbo , flogging the women . This supposed demon threatened Told , who drew his hanger , resolving , if the rascal had not fled , to ...
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... sent his boats to save the rum , cotton , and pimento from the shattered vessel , aided by the canoe of some Virginian turtle fishermen . They then set sail for Boston , and in three weeks came in sight of the Gay Head of St. Matthias's ...
... sent his boats to save the rum , cotton , and pimento from the shattered vessel , aided by the canoe of some Virginian turtle fishermen . They then set sail for Boston , and in three weeks came in sight of the Gay Head of St. Matthias's ...
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... sent off to the Phoenix man - of - war . A religious captain on board this vessel gave new impulses to Told's natural bias . He began to hear voices and see visions . He gives a very naïve account of a supernatural cure from rheu ...
... sent off to the Phoenix man - of - war . A religious captain on board this vessel gave new impulses to Told's natural bias . He began to hear voices and see visions . He gives a very naïve account of a supernatural cure from rheu ...
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George Walter Thornbury. woman , " and was soon after sent in the Grafton ( 70 guns ) to Lisbon , with our fleet , to protect the Brazilian squadron from the Spaniards . In 1736 , after a narrow escape from the ever- ready rocks of ...
George Walter Thornbury. woman , " and was soon after sent in the Grafton ( 70 guns ) to Lisbon , with our fleet , to protect the Brazilian squadron from the Spaniards . In 1736 , after a narrow escape from the ever- ready rocks of ...
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