The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner, written by himself [by D. Defoe1836 |
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... called them , projects . He wrote many sheets about the English coin ; he projected Banks for every County , and Factories for goods ; he exhibited a Proposal ( very feelingly , no doubt ) , for a commission of inquiry into bankrupts ...
... called them , projects . He wrote many sheets about the English coin ; he projected Banks for every County , and Factories for goods ; he exhibited a Proposal ( very feelingly , no doubt ) , for a commission of inquiry into bankrupts ...
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... called The Foreigners ; in which the author fell personally upon the King , then upon the Dutch nation , and , after having reproached his majesty with crimes , that his worst enemies could not think of without horror , he sums up all ...
... called The Foreigners ; in which the author fell personally upon the King , then upon the Dutch nation , and , after having reproached his majesty with crimes , that his worst enemies could not think of without horror , he sums up all ...
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... called by my name , and I bear the answerer's in- sults . 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 ventured to publish ...
... called by my name , and I bear the answerer's in- sults . 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 ventured to publish ...
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... called the English Trades- man , from which he appears to have been familiar with foreign countries , their produce , their manners , and government , and whatever rendered it easy or difficult to enter into trade with them . We may ...
... called the English Trades- man , from which he appears to have been familiar with foreign countries , their produce , their manners , and government , and whatever rendered it easy or difficult to enter into trade with them . We may ...
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... called such , belongs to the Platonic System of Dr. Henry More , but is not very consistent either with that or with itself . On the other hand , the examples , or , in other words , the stories of ghosts and magic , with which we are ...
... called such , belongs to the Platonic System of Dr. Henry More , but is not very consistent either with that or with itself . On the other hand , the examples , or , in other words , the stories of ghosts and magic , with which we are ...
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Page 34 - I smiled to myself at the sight of this money. "O drug!" said I aloud, "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.
Page 29 - 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. I first laid all the planks or boards upon it that I could get, and having considered well what I most wanted, I...
Page 118 - ... in token of acknowledgment for saving his life. I smiled at him, and looked pleasantly, and beckoned to him to come still nearer; at length, he came close to me; and then he kneeled down again, kissed the ground, and laid his head upon the ground, and, taking me by the foot, set my foot upon his head; this, it seems, was in token of swearing to be my slave for ever.
Page 140 - My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects ; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked.
Page 91 - 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 xl - 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.
Page xl - But my ill fate pushed me on now with an obstinacy that nothing could resist ; and though I had several times loud calls from my reason and my more composed judgment to go home, yet I had no power to do it. I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret over-ruling decree that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though, it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open.
Page 91 - ... as I lived quite on the other side of the island, he would never have been so simple as 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 : all this seemed inconsistent with the thing itself, and with all the notions we usually entertain of the subtlety of the Devil.
Page xviii - An Essay on the history and reality of Apparitions ; being an account of what they are, and what they are not ; whence they come, and whence they come not ; as also how we may distinguish between the apparitions of good and evil spirits, and how we ought to behave to them.
Page 119 - He was a comely, handsome fellow, perfectly well made, with straight strong limbs, not too large, tall and well shaped ; and, as I reckon, about twenty-six years of age. ' He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surly aspect, but seemed to have something very manly in his face ; and yet he had all the sweetness and softness of a European in his countenance too, especially when he smiled.