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Page 644
... look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick - stemm'd pipes of steamboats , I look'd . I too many and many a time cross'd the river of old , Watched the Twelfth - month sea - gulls , saw them high in the air floating with ...
... look on the numberless masts of ships and the thick - stemm'd pipes of steamboats , I look'd . I too many and many a time cross'd the river of old , Watched the Twelfth - month sea - gulls , saw them high in the air floating with ...
Page 747
... look , when their boats were to lie in port a week ; that is , when the water was at a low stage . A deal of this " look- ing at the river " was done by poor fellows who seldom had a berth , and whose only hope of getting one lay in ...
... look , when their boats were to lie in port a week ; that is , when the water was at a low stage . A deal of this " look- ing at the river " was done by poor fellows who seldom had a berth , and whose only hope of getting one lay in ...
Page 984
... Look at that back . Look at those shoulders . Look at the muscles in his arms and his sturdy legs . Ca- pable of any amount of hard labor . Moreover , of a good disposition , intelligent and tractable . Will any gentleman start the ...
... Look at that back . Look at those shoulders . Look at the muscles in his arms and his sturdy legs . Ca- pable of any amount of hard labor . Moreover , of a good disposition , intelligent and tractable . Will any gentleman start the ...
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JONATHAN EDWARDS 17031758 | 16 |
Sarah Pierrepont | 24 |
JOHN WOOLMAN 17201772 | 31 |
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