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... heart hardened , my taste vitiated , my morals corrupted , and my disposition spoiled , by entering into dissipated society , and by the influence of bad example . My respected relative is now no more ; peace to IN THE WEST INDIES . 5.
... heart hardened , my taste vitiated , my morals corrupted , and my disposition spoiled , by entering into dissipated society , and by the influence of bad example . My respected relative is now no more ; peace to IN THE WEST INDIES . 5.
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... heart hardened , my taste vitiated , my morals corrupted , and my disposition spoiled , by entering into dissipated society , and by the influence of bad example . My respected relative is now no more ; peace to IN THE WEST INDIES . 5.
... heart hardened , my taste vitiated , my morals corrupted , and my disposition spoiled , by entering into dissipated society , and by the influence of bad example . My respected relative is now no more ; peace to IN THE WEST INDIES . 5.
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... heart would have been touched , and the tears of dewy pity would have trickled , in pearly drops , adown thy compassionate cheeks . Alas ! we saw no sail ! but the stern coun- tenance of the watery god , seated on the capstan , with his ...
... heart would have been touched , and the tears of dewy pity would have trickled , in pearly drops , adown thy compassionate cheeks . Alas ! we saw no sail ! but the stern coun- tenance of the watery god , seated on the capstan , with his ...
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... heart , the latter of which I preserved in some high wines . After this nothing more happened to detain us on our voyage , and we speedily approached Barbados ; as we advanced , a small kind of bird , somewhat re- sembling a swallow ...
... heart , the latter of which I preserved in some high wines . After this nothing more happened to detain us on our voyage , and we speedily approached Barbados ; as we advanced , a small kind of bird , somewhat re- sembling a swallow ...
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... heart would have been touched , and the tears of dewy pity would have trickled , in pearly drops , adown thy compassionate cheeks . - Alas ! we saw no sail ! but the stern coun- tenance of the watery god , seated on the capstan , with ...
... heart would have been touched , and the tears of dewy pity would have trickled , in pearly drops , adown thy compassionate cheeks . - Alas ! we saw no sail ! but the stern coun- tenance of the watery god , seated on the capstan , with ...
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