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... gave me the following account of his life and adventures : " I was born ( says he ) on the side of a mountain , near a little village of Peru , and made a voyage to England in an ingot , under the convoy of Sir Francis Drake . I was ...
... gave me the following account of his life and adventures : " I was born ( says he ) on the side of a mountain , near a little village of Peru , and made a voyage to England in an ingot , under the convoy of Sir Francis Drake . I was ...
Page 92
... gave me to a milk - maid . This wench bent me , and gave me to her sweetheart . This ungenerous gallant marrying her within a few days after , pawned me for a dram of brandy , and drinking me out next day , I was beaten flat with a ...
... gave me to a milk - maid . This wench bent me , and gave me to her sweetheart . This ungenerous gallant marrying her within a few days after , pawned me for a dram of brandy , and drinking me out next day , I was beaten flat with a ...
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... gave it an air of great snugness ; the walls , on the inside , were nicely whitewashed , and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of their own designing . Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen , that only ...
... gave it an air of great snugness ; the walls , on the inside , were nicely whitewashed , and my daughters undertook to adorn them with pictures of their own designing . Though the same room served us for parlour and kitchen , that only ...
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