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Three months after anchoring at Brest, through Dr. Franklin's negotiations with the French king, backed by the bestirring ardor of Paul, a squadron of nine vessels, of various force, were ready i
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Three months after anchoring at Brest, through Dr. Franklin's negotiations with the French king, backed by the bestirring ardor of Paul, a squadron of nine vessels, of various force, were ready i
It happened that the ship, gaining her port, was moored to the dock on a Fourth of July; and half an hour after landing…
For the most part, what befell Israel during his forty years wanderings in the London deserts, surpassed the forty year…
At the end of his brickmaking, our adventurer found himself with a tolerable suit of clothes—somewhat darned—on his bac…
All night long, men sat before the mouth of the kilns, feeding them with fuel. A dull smoke—a smoke of their torments—w…
It was a gray, lowering afternoon that, worn out, half starved, and haggard, Israel arrived within some ten or fifteen …
Among the episodes of the Revolutionary War, none is stranger than that of Ethan Allen in England; the event and the ma…
At length, as the ship, gliding on past three or four vessels at anchor in the roadstead—one, a man-of-war just furling…
For a time back, across the otherwise blue-jean career of Israel, Paul Jones flits and re-flits like a crimson thread. …
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