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He advised me to go to Gravesend by land, and there wait the arrival of his ship, assigning many reasons for this, every one of which was, as I well remember, among those that had before determined me to go on board near the Tower. WEDNESDAY, June 26, 1754. On this day the most melancholy sun I had ever beheld arose, and found me awake at my house at Fordhook.
On this day, the most melancholy sun I had ever beheld arose, and found me awake at my house at Fordhook.
It was not till the 26th of June that, in the memorable opening words of the Voyage, "the most melancholy sun I had ever beheld arose, and found me awake at my house at Fordhook.
But our great haste was needless; for the captain having twice put off his sailing, I at length invited him to dinner with me at Fordhook, a full week after the time on which he had declared, and that with many asseverations, he must and would weigh anchor.
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