The feelings of these young men, full of eager hopes, and as yet unsoured by too rough handling in their wrestle with the world, suddenly transferred to the deck of the Jersey, has been well described by Fox and other captives, whose adventures we have transcribed in these pages.
"American Prisoners of the Revolution"
Danske Dandridge
And yet, Sibyll, this young man can in all, save wealth and a sounding name, give thee more than I can,-a heart undarkened by moody memories, a temper unsoured by the world's dread and bitter lore of man's frailty and earth's sorrow.
"The Last Of The Barons, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton