The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With a Biographical Sketch of Defoe, Written Expressly for this Edition, and Illustrations from Original Designs, Հատոր 1Cochrane and Pickersgill, and J. Andrews, 1831 |
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... turn of fortune's wheel , were then plunged into the same difficulties as he had extricated himself from , by the most laudable application and frugality . The practice of these virtues was the more commendable in him , as they by no ...
... turn of fortune's wheel , were then plunged into the same difficulties as he had extricated himself from , by the most laudable application and frugality . The practice of these virtues was the more commendable in him , as they by no ...
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... turn to stand at the bar where De Foe had stood before him , being impeached by the House of Commons , and put on his trial to answer for the seditious and inflammatory na- ture of his discourse . But Sacheverel had the good for- tune ...
... turn to stand at the bar where De Foe had stood before him , being impeached by the House of Commons , and put on his trial to answer for the seditious and inflammatory na- ture of his discourse . But Sacheverel had the good for- tune ...
Էջ xlvi
... turn of my affairs , have left me incumbered with an insupportable weight of debt ; and the remarkable compassion of some creditors , after continued offers of stripping myself naked , by entire surrenders upon oath , have never given ...
... turn of my affairs , have left me incumbered with an insupportable weight of debt ; and the remarkable compassion of some creditors , after continued offers of stripping myself naked , by entire surrenders upon oath , have never given ...
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... turning it over in the alembic of his fruitful mind , he brought out sterling metal , for the rough ore of which he might indeed be indebted to Selkirk , but which he shaped into current coin by the force of his own genius . With the ...
... turning it over in the alembic of his fruitful mind , he brought out sterling metal , for the rough ore of which he might indeed be indebted to Selkirk , but which he shaped into current coin by the force of his own genius . With the ...
Էջ lxi
... turn felt more certain of his power to injure , than of his since- rity in serving . It must be observed , however , that there is no proof of Daniel De Foe ever having actu- ally swerved from the principles he professed ; and the ...
... turn felt more certain of his power to injure , than of his since- rity in serving . It must be observed , however , that there is no proof of Daniel De Foe ever having actu- ally swerved from the principles he professed ; and the ...
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Էջ xxix - 'Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjur'd ear
Էջ xviii - It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humor than advised respect.
Էջ 164 - again by the currents or winds, or any other accident. But now I come to a new scene of my life. It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very
Էջ 53 - the sand, swim away; as for my breeches, which were only linen, and open-knee'd, I swam on board in them, and my stockings. However, this put me on rummaging for clothes, of which I found enough, but took no more than I wanted for present use, for I had other things which my eye was more
Էջ xviii - for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humor than advised respect.
Էջ 170 - which these words of the Scripture came into my thoughts, "Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Էջ xlix - having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last strangely delivered by pirates. Written by Himself. London : printed for W. Taylor, at the Ship, in Paternoster-row, 1719. 8vo.
Էջ 164 - to be seen in the sand. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition ; I listened, I looked round me, but I could hear nothing nor see any thing; I went up
Էջ 130 - I resolved to make some as large as I could, and fit only to stand like jars, to hold what should be put into them. However, as the sun baked these two very dry and hard, I lifted them very gently up, and set them down again in two great wicker baskets, which I had made
Էջ 57 - nor loaded it so hard, but yet I brought away several things very useful to me; as, first, in the carpenter's stores, I found two or three bags of nails and spikes, a great screwjack, a dozen or two of hatchets ; and, above all, that .most useful thing called a grindstone.