The Life of Daniel DefoeD. A. Talboys, 1841 |
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... English , and where consequently " though the scholars were not destitute of the languages , yet it is observed of them that they were by this made masters of the English tongue , and more of them excelled in that particular than of any ...
... English , and where consequently " though the scholars were not destitute of the languages , yet it is observed of them that they were by this made masters of the English tongue , and more of them excelled in that particular than of any ...
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... English style , than De Foe . But still he was not deficient in learning . He boldly asserts himself on this point , in the passage from which Mr. Chalmers has made an ex- tract in the text : " I have no concern to tell Dr. Browne I can ...
... English style , than De Foe . But still he was not deficient in learning . He boldly asserts himself on this point , in the passage from which Mr. Chalmers has made an ex- tract in the text : " I have no concern to tell Dr. Browne I can ...
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... English language , and for prevent- ing barbarisms of manners . " Prior offered in 1700 the same project to king William , in his Carmen Seculare ; Swift mentioned in 1710 to lord Oxford a proposal for improving the English tongue ; and ...
... English language , and for prevent- ing barbarisms of manners . " Prior offered in 1700 the same project to king William , in his Carmen Seculare ; Swift mentioned in 1710 to lord Oxford a proposal for improving the English tongue ; and ...
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... English nation may value themselves for their wit , wealth , and courage , and I believe few nations will dispute it with them ; but for long originals and ancient true - born families , I would advise them to waive the discourse . A ...
... English nation may value themselves for their wit , wealth , and courage , and I believe few nations will dispute it with them ; but for long originals and ancient true - born families , I would advise them to waive the discourse . A ...
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... English nation ; and the dearer they are to us , the less danger we are in of losing them ; but I could never yet see it proved , that the danger of losing them by a small army was such , as we should expose ourselves to all the world ...
... English nation ; and the dearer they are to us , the less danger we are in of losing them ; but I could never yet see it proved , that the danger of losing them by a small army was such , as we should expose ourselves to all the world ...
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Էջ 74 - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE , Of YORK. MARINER: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. WITH An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by PYRATES. Written by Himself.
Էջ 129 - A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next Day after her Death, to one Mrs Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September 1705...
Էջ 140 - Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself.
Էջ 128 - The Consolidator : or, Memoirs of sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon, translated from the Lunar Language, by the Author of The True-born English Man.
Էջ 143 - The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders; Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest and died a Penitent; Written from her own Memorandums (1722).
Էջ 10 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Էջ 37 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Էջ 125 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Էջ 47 - I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Էջ 101 - The story is told with modesty, with seriousness, and with a religious application of events to the uses to which wise men always apply them (viz.) to the instruction of others by this example, and to justify and honour the wisdom of Providence in all the variety of our circumstances, let them happen how they will.