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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WRITTEN BY JOHN IRELAND.
CHARLES
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
child
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
crew
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
DOYLEY
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
EATON
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
HAVEN
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From this reading NEW HAVEN.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
ill-fated
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
inhumanly
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
IRELAND
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
ISLAND
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
Islands
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
JOHN
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
landed
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
little
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
lived
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
London
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
most
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
murdered
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
named
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
NARRATIVE
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
natives
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
NEW
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From this reading NEW HAVEN.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
ORPHANS
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
passengers
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
READERS
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
remainder
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
savages
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
Sea
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
SEAS
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
selected
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
several
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
SHIP
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
SHIPWRECK
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
SHIPWRECKED
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
soon
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
SOUTH
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
SUFFERINGS
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
TALES
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
TELLER'S
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
TRUE
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
unfortunately
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
volume
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
WEREauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
WILLIAM
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From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
wreck
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From this reading The remainder of the passengers and crew of this ill-fated ship, were most inhumanly murdered by the savages soon after they landed from the wreck.
WRECKEDadjectiveUS /rɛkt/
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading THE SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS: A TRUE NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN IRELAND AND WILLIAM DOYLEY, WHO WERE WRECKED IN THE SHIP CHARLES EATON, ON AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
WRITTEN
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From this reading WRITTEN BY JOHN IRELAND.
years
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
YOUNG
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From this reading _TO MY YOUNG READERS._ For this volume of TELLER’S TALES, I have selected the “SHIPWRECKED ORPHANS, a True Narrative of the Sufferings of John Ireland” and a little child, named William Doyley, who were unfortunately wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, of London, and lived for several years with the natives of the South Sea Islands.
