The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - 367 էջ |
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Էջ xxi
... bear the answerer's insults . " This was the darkest period of our author's life . He had lost his appointment , whatever it was ; he had been obliged to give up his Review ; everything he ven- tured to publish besides , was received ...
... bear the answerer's insults . " This was the darkest period of our author's life . He had lost his appointment , whatever it was ; he had been obliged to give up his Review ; everything he ven- tured to publish besides , was received ...
Էջ xxvi
... bear up against melancholy , and the terror of being left alone in such a desolate place . He built two huts with pimento trees , covered them with long grass , and lined them with the skins of goats , which he killed with his gun as he ...
... bear up against melancholy , and the terror of being left alone in such a desolate place . He built two huts with pimento trees , covered them with long grass , and lined them with the skins of goats , which he killed with his gun as he ...
Էջ xxix
... bear them growing on high moun- tains and rocks . Pimento trees are plenty here ; and we saw some of sixty feet high , and about two yards thick ; and cotton trees higher , and near four fathoms round in the stock . The climate is so ...
... bear them growing on high moun- tains and rocks . Pimento trees are plenty here ; and we saw some of sixty feet high , and about two yards thick ; and cotton trees higher , and near four fathoms round in the stock . The climate is so ...
Էջ 20
... bear on that side , and poured in a broadside upon him , which made him sheer off again , after returning our fire , and pouring in also his small shot , from near two hundred men which he had on board . However , we had not a man ...
... bear on that side , and poured in a broadside upon him , which made him sheer off again , after returning our fire , and pouring in also his small shot , from near two hundred men which he had on board . However , we had not a man ...
Էջ 58
... bear any great weight , the pieces being too light ; so I went to work , and , with the carpenter's saw , I cut a spare topmast into three lengths , and added them to my raft , with a great deal of labour and pains ; but hope of furnish ...
... bear any great weight , the pieces being too light ; so I went to work , and , with the carpenter's saw , I cut a spare topmast into three lengths , and added them to my raft , with a great deal of labour and pains ; but hope of furnish ...
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Էջ 1 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull.
Էջ 4 - ... of enjoyments ; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune; that temperance, moderation, quietness, health, society, all agreeable diversions, and all desirable pleasures, were the blessings attending the middle station of life...
Էջ xv - ... eyes, and a large mole near his mouth : was born in London, and for many years was a, hose-factor in Freeman's Yard, in Cornhill, and now is owner of the brick and pantile •works near Tilbury Fort, in Essex : whoever shall discover the said Daniel De Foe to one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or any of her Majesty's justices of peace, so as he may be apprehended, shall have a reward of £50, which her Majesty has ordered immediately to be paid upon such discovery.
Էջ 187 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me. Upon this, rising cheerfully out of my bed, my heart was not only comforted, but I was guided and encouraged to pray earnestly to God for deliverance. When I had done praying, I took up my Bible, and, opening it to read, the first words that presented to me, were, Wait...
Էջ 53 - I may say, wrapt up in a contemplation of my deliverance ; making a thousand gestures and motions, .which I cannot describe ; reflecting upon all my comrades that were drowned, and that there should not be one soul saved but myself ; for, as for them, I never saw them afterwards, or any sign of them, except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes that were not fellows.
Էջ 182 - 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 plain to be seen on the sand.
Էջ 187 - Upon this, rising cheerfully out of my bed, my heart was not only comforted, but I was guided and encouraged to pray earnestly to God for deliverance. When I had done praying, I took up my Bible, and opening it to read, the first words that presented to me were, " Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and He shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.
Էջ xii - The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England Examined and Asserted; the other, The Freeholder's Plea against the Stock-jobbing Elections of Parliamentmen.
Էջ xvi - About midnight began the most terrible storm that had been known in England, the wind WSW attended with flashes of lightning. It uncovered the roofs of many houses and churches, blew down the spires of several steeples and chimneys, tore whole groves of trees up by the roots.
Էջ 284 - Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected. I was absolute lord and lawgiver ; they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion of it, for me.