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... creatures , of we knew not what kinds , that the poor boy was ready to die with fear , and begged of me not to go on shore till day . Well , Xury , said I , then I will not ; but it ... creature ( whatever it was ) within 26 ADVENTURES OF.
... creatures , of we knew not what kinds , that the poor boy was ready to die with fear , and begged of me not to go on shore till day . Well , Xury , said I , then I will not ; but it ... creature ( whatever it was ) within 26 ADVENTURES OF.
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Daniel Defoe. I perceived the creature ( whatever it was ) within two oars length , which something surprised me ; however , I immediately stept to the cabin door , and taking up my gun , fired at him ... creature (whatever it was) within ...
Daniel Defoe. I perceived the creature ( whatever it was ) within two oars length , which something surprised me ; however , I immediately stept to the cabin door , and taking up my gun , fired at him ... creature (whatever it was) within ...
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... creatures which harbour there : so that the Moors use it for their hunting only , where they go like an army , two or three thousand men at a time ; and , indeed , for near a hundred miles together upon this coast , we saw nothing but a ...
... creatures which harbour there : so that the Moors use it for their hunting only , where they go like an army , two or three thousand men at a time ; and , indeed , for near a hundred miles together upon this coast , we saw nothing but a ...
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... creature , put the muzzle of the piece to his ear , and shot him in the head again , which dispatched him quite . This was game , indeed , to us , but it was no food ; and I was very sorry to lose three charges of powder and shot upon a ...
... creature , put the muzzle of the piece to his ear , and shot him in the head again , which dispatched him quite . This was game , indeed , to us , but it was no food ; and I was very sorry to lose three charges of powder and shot upon a ...
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... creatures , one pursuing the other ( as we took it ) with great fury , from the mountains to- wards the sea ; whether it was the male pursuing the female , or whether they were in sport or in rage , we could not tell , any more than we ...
... creatures , one pursuing the other ( as we took it ) with great fury , from the mountains to- wards the sea ; whether it was the male pursuing the female , or whether they were in sport or in rage , we could not tell , any more than we ...
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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.