The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - 367 էջ |
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Էջ xviii
... cabinet of Queen Anne was in want of a person of general commercial knowledge , ready talents , and insinuating manners , to go to Scotland for the pur- pose of promoting the great measure of the Union . xviii BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR.
... cabinet of Queen Anne was in want of a person of general commercial knowledge , ready talents , and insinuating manners , to go to Scotland for the pur- pose of promoting the great measure of the Union . xviii BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR.
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... manner incredible , what strange notions many of our people entertained from the sight of the fire upon the island . It served , however , to show people's tempers and spirits ; and we were able to give a tolerable guess how our men ...
... manner incredible , what strange notions many of our people entertained from the sight of the fire upon the island . It served , however , to show people's tempers and spirits ; and we were able to give a tolerable guess how our men ...
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... manner , not to play the young man , or to precipitate myself into miseries , which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no ne- cessity of seeking my bread ; that he would ...
... manner , not to play the young man , or to precipitate myself into miseries , which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no ne- cessity of seeking my bread ; that he would ...
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... manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most inexpressibly sick in body , and terrified in mind . I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judgment of heaven for my ...
... manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most inexpressibly sick in body , and terrified in mind . I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judgment of heaven for my ...
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... manner five days ; and then the wind shifting to the southward , I concluded also that if any of our vessels were in chase of me , they also would now give over ; so I ventured to make to the coast , and come to an anchor in the mouth ...
... manner five days ; and then the wind shifting to the southward , I concluded also that if any of our vessels were in chase of me , they also would now give over ; so I ventured to make to the coast , and come to an anchor in the mouth ...
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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.