The Life of Daniel DefoeD. A. Talboys, 1841 |
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... trade as been a prejudice to me , and yet I think I owe this justice to my ancient father , still living ( 1705 ) , and in whose behalf I freely testify , that if I am a blockhead , it was no- body's fault but my own ; he having spared ...
... trade as been a prejudice to me , and yet I think I owe this justice to my ancient father , still living ( 1705 ) , and in whose behalf I freely testify , that if I am a blockhead , it was no- body's fault but my own ; he having spared ...
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... trade ; and as the first part is all comedy , so the two last acts are always made up with tragedy ; a statute of bankrupt is his exeunt omnes , and he generally repeats the epilogue in the Fleet prison or the Mint . " [ See ante , vol ...
... trade ; and as the first part is all comedy , so the two last acts are always made up with tragedy ; a statute of bankrupt is his exeunt omnes , and he generally repeats the epilogue in the Fleet prison or the Mint . " [ See ante , vol ...
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... trade . De Foe conti- nued the pantile works it is believed until the year 1703 , when he was prosecuted by the government for a libel , and being deprived of his liberty the undertaking soon came to an end . " Mr. Wilson adds an ...
... trade . De Foe conti- nued the pantile works it is believed until the year 1703 , when he was prosecuted by the government for a libel , and being deprived of his liberty the undertaking soon came to an end . " Mr. Wilson adds an ...
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... trade ; it was about the year 1694 , when I was invited by some mer- chants with whom I had corresponded abroad , and some also at home , to settle at Cadiz , in Spain ; and that with the offer of very good commissions . But Providence ...
... trade ; it was about the year 1694 , when I was invited by some mer- chants with whom I had corresponded abroad , and some also at home , to settle at Cadiz , in Spain ; and that with the offer of very good commissions . But Providence ...
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... trade , liberties , laws , and common circumstances , especially of that part of it for which he serves . He ought to know how to deliver his mind with freedom and boldness , and pertinently to the case ; to understand when our ...
... trade , liberties , laws , and common circumstances , especially of that part of it for which he serves . He ought to know how to deliver his mind with freedom and boldness , and pertinently to the case ; to understand when our ...
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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.