Ran Away to Sea
By Thomas Mayne Reid
15 Jun, 2020
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
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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