The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: As Related by Himself |
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... believe , began sooner or continued longer than mine . The ship was no sooner got out of the Humber than the wind began to blow , and the sea to rise in a most frightful manner ; and , as I had never been at sea before , I was most ...
... believe , began sooner or continued longer than mine . The ship was no sooner got out of the Humber than the wind began to blow , and the sea to rise in a most frightful manner ; and , as I had never been at sea before , I was most ...
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... believe , got my father , or at least my mother , to contribute so much as that to my first adventure . This was the only voyage which I may say was successful in all my adventures , and which I owe to the integrity and honesty of my ...
... believe , got my father , or at least my mother , to contribute so much as that to my first adventure . This was the only voyage which I may say was successful in all my adventures , and which I owe to the integrity and honesty of my ...
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... believe by the next day at three o'clock in the afternoon , when I first made the land , I could not be less than one hundred and fifty miles south of Sallee : quite beyond the Emperor of Morocco's dominions , or indeed of any other ...
... believe by the next day at three o'clock in the afternoon , when I first made the land , I could not be less than one hundred and fifty miles south of Sallee : quite beyond the Emperor of Morocco's dominions , or indeed of any other ...
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... believe it was the latter ; because , in the first place , those ravenous creatures seldom appear but in the night ; and , in the second place , we found the people terribly frighted , especially the women . The man that had the lance ...
... believe it was the latter ; because , in the first place , those ravenous creatures seldom appear but in the night ; and , in the second place , we found the people terribly frighted , especially the women . The man that had the lance ...
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... believe , that I was thus delivered , as I esteemed it , from such a miserable and almost hopeless condition as I was in ; and I immediately offered all I had to the captain of the ship , as a return for my deliverance ; but he ...
... believe , that I was thus delivered , as I esteemed it , from such a miserable and almost hopeless condition as I was in ; and I immediately offered all I had to the captain of the ship , as a return for my deliverance ; but he ...
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Page 110 - 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 in the sand.
Page 93 - In the first Place, I was removed from all the Wickedness of the World here. I had neither the Lust of the Flesh, the Lust of the Eye, or the Pride of Life. I had nothing to covet ; for I had all that I was now capable of enjoying: I was Lord of the whole Manor; or if I pleased, I might call myself King, or Emperor over the whole Country which I had Possession of. There were no Rivals : I had no Competitor, none to dispute Sovereignty or Command with me.
Page 36 - My raft was now strong enough to bear any reasonable weight. My next care was what to load it with, and how to preserve what I laid upon it from the surf of the sea : but I was not long considering this.
Page 148 - Master, and then let him know that was to be my name. I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them. I gave him some milk in an earthen pot, and let him see me drink it before him, and sop my bread in it. And...
Page 42 - what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground. One of those knives is worth all this heap. I have no manner of use for thee. E'en remain where thou art and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving.