The Life and Aventures of Robinson Crusoe: To which is Prefixed a Biographical Memoir of Daniel De FoeJames Ballantyne, 1810 |
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... sterling , and the city of Bristol lost to the amount of two hundred thousand pounds . Among the per- sons who were drowned was Rear - Admiral Beaumont . " Upon this calamity the Commons addressed her majesty , that she would give ...
... sterling , and the city of Bristol lost to the amount of two hundred thousand pounds . Among the per- sons who were drowned was Rear - Admiral Beaumont . " Upon this calamity the Commons addressed her majesty , that she would give ...
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... pounds sterling , which , you say , is half your stock , and let the hazard be run for the first ; so that if it come safe , you may order the rest the same way ; and if it miscarry , you may have the other half to have recourse to for ...
... pounds sterling , which , you say , is half your stock , and let the hazard be run for the first ; so that if it come safe , you may order the rest the same way ; and if it miscarry , you may have the other half to have recourse to for ...
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... pounds from England , and who in that time , and with that little addition , could scarce have failed of being worth three or four thousand pounds sterling , and that increasing too ; for me to think of such a voyage , was the most ...
... pounds from England , and who in that time , and with that little addition , could scarce have failed of being worth three or four thousand pounds sterling , and that increasing too ; for me to think of such a voyage , was the most ...
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... pounds sterling : alas ! there the nasty , sorry , useless stuff lay ; I had no manner of business for it ; and I often thought with myself , that I would have given an handful of it for a gross of tobacco - pipes , or for an hand- mill ...
... pounds sterling : alas ! there the nasty , sorry , useless stuff lay ; I had no manner of business for it ; and I often thought with myself , that I would have given an handful of it for a gross of tobacco - pipes , or for an hand- mill ...
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The Life and Aventures of Robinson Crusoe: To which is Prefixed a ..., Հատոր 2 Daniel Defoe Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1810 |
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Էջ x - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Էջ 247 - I came to my castle, for so I think I called it ever after this, I fled into it like one pursued. Whether I went over by the ladder, as first...
Էջ 69 - I had so much presence of mind as well as breath left, that, seeing myself nearer the main land than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and take me up again. But I soon found it was impossible to avoid it ; for I saw the sea come after me as high as a great hill, and as furious as an enemy which I had no means or strength to contend with...
Էջ 79 - However this put me upon 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 upon...
Էջ 251 - 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 7 - 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 248 - ... as I lived quite on the other side of the island, he would never have been so simple to leave a mark in a place where it was ten thousand to one whether I should ever see it or not, and in the sand too, which the first surge of the sea, upon a high wind, would have defaced entirely.
Էջ 246 - I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.
Էջ 245 - 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 246 - ... looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man. Nor is it possible to describe how many various shapes affrighted imagination represented things to me in; how many wild ideas were found every moment in my fancy, and what strange unaccountable whimsies came into my thoughts by the way.