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Ran Away to Sea

By Thomas Mayne Reid

2020-06-15 23:09:41

Brief Extract: I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea. I did not do so because I had been treated unkindly at home. On the contrary, I left behind me a fond and indulgent father, a kind and gentle mother, sisters, and brothers who loved me, and wh ... Read more
Brief Extract: I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea. I did not do so because I had been treated unkindly at home. On the contrary, I left behind me a fond and indulgent father, a kind and gentle mother, sisters, and brothers who loved me, and who lamented for me long after I was gone. But no one had more cause to regret this act of filial disobedience than I myself. I soon repented of what I had done, and often, in the afterlife, did it give me pain, when I reflected upon the pain I had caused to my kindred and friends. Less

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File size582.39 KB
Print pages290
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1374989733
Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist. Thomas Mayne Reid fought in the American-Mexican War (1846-1848). His many works are about American life. In...

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