p. 3, Preface:
Life in a Man-of-War, or Scenes in “Old Ironsides” during her Cruise in the Pacific
Mercier, Henry James. By a Fore-top-man. Philadelphia, PA: Lydia R. Bailey, 1841. [Published anonymously in 1841. Another edition published in New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.].
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Life in a Man-of-War, or Scenes in “Old Ironsides” during her Cruise in the Pacific
Mercier, Henry James. By a Fore-top-man. Philadelphia, PA: Lydia R. Bailey, 1841. [Published anonymously in 1841. Another edition published in New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927.].
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p. 3, Preface: CRITICS avaunt! curl not your lips with scorn, Do let my humble Sketches pass scot-free— you will find them but the uncouth "YARNS" Of an unlettered wanderer on the sea.