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... began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts . My father , who was very ancient , had given me a competent share of learn- ing , as far as house - education and a country free- school generally go , and designed me for the law ...
... began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts . My father , who was very ancient , had given me a competent share of learn- ing , as far as house - education and a country free- school generally go , and designed me for the law ...
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... began earlier , or continued longer , than mine . The ship had no sooner got out of the Humber , than the wind began to blow , and the waves to rise , in a most frightful manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most ...
... began earlier , or continued longer , than mine . The ship had no sooner got out of the Humber , than the wind began to blow , and the waves to rise , in a most frightful manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most ...
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... began to see terror and amazement in the faces of even the seamen themselves . The master was vigilant in the business of preserving the ship ; but , as he went in and out of his cabin by me , I could hear him softly say to himself ...
... began to see terror and amazement in the faces of even the seamen themselves . The master was vigilant in the business of preserving the ship ; but , as he went in and out of his cabin by me , I could hear him softly say to himself ...
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... began to move off , fired again , and shot him in the head , and had the pleasure to see him drop , and make but little noise , but lie struggling for life . Then Xury took heart , and would have me let him go on shore . Well , go ...
... began to move off , fired again , and shot him in the head , and had the pleasure to see him drop , and make but little noise , but lie struggling for life . Then Xury took heart , and would have me let him go on shore . Well , go ...
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... began to abate very much , and going no oftener into the shore than we were obliged to for fresh water . My design in this , was to make the river Gambia , or Senegal ; that is to say , any where about the Cape de Verd , where I was in ...
... began to abate very much , and going no oftener into the shore than we were obliged to for fresh water . My design in this , was to make the river Gambia , or Senegal ; that is to say , any where about the Cape de Verd , where I was in ...
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Page 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.
Page 172 - 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. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition.
Page 176 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt 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...
Page 231 - ... gestures to show it. At last he lays his head flat upon the ground, close to my foot, and sets my other foot upon his head, as he had done before, and after this made all the signs to me of subjection, servitude, and submission imaginable, to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.
Page 230 - He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surly aspect, but seemed to have something very manly in his face...
Page 1 - York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise and, leaving off his trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual corruption of words in England we are now called, nay, we call ourselves, and write our name "Crusoe," and so my companions...
Page 272 - 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.
Page 228 - 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 mv slave for ever.
Page 64 - 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.
Page 74 - I am cast upon a horrible desolate island, void of all hope of recovery. I am singled out and separated, as it were, from all the world, to be miserable.