The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Volume 1W. Lane, 1790 |
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... said just now , and faid we should be all loft , I was dreadfully frighted : I got up out of my cabin , and looked out ; but fuch a dif- mal fight I never faw ; the fea went mountains high , and broke upon us every three or four minutes ...
... said just now , and faid we should be all loft , I was dreadfully frighted : I got up out of my cabin , and looked out ; but fuch a dif- mal fight I never faw ; the fea went mountains high , and broke upon us every three or four minutes ...
Page 14
... said , there was four feet water in the hold . Then all hands were called to the pump . At that very word , my heart , as I thought , died within me ; and I fell backwards upon the fide of my bed where I fat , into the cabin . However ...
... said , there was four feet water in the hold . Then all hands were called to the pump . At that very word , my heart , as I thought , died within me ; and I fell backwards upon the fide of my bed where I fat , into the cabin . However ...
Page 59
... said , by a short ladder . When I had done this , I began to work my way into the rock , and bringing all the earth and ftones that I dug down , out through my tent , I laid them up within my fence in the nature of a terrace , so that ...
... said , by a short ladder . When I had done this , I began to work my way into the rock , and bringing all the earth and ftones that I dug down , out through my tent , I laid them up within my fence in the nature of a terrace , so that ...
Page 67
... said thus : Sept. the 30th , after I got to fhore , and had escaped drowning , instead of being thankful to God for my deliverance , having first vomitted with a great quantity of falt - water , which was gotten into my ftomach , and ...
... said thus : Sept. the 30th , after I got to fhore , and had escaped drowning , instead of being thankful to God for my deliverance , having first vomitted with a great quantity of falt - water , which was gotten into my ftomach , and ...
Page 113
... said , came up unexpectedly , and indeed to my furprise . First , I had no plow to turn up the earth , no fpade or fhovel to dig it . Well , this I conquered by making a wooden fpade , as I obferved before ; but this did my work but in ...
... said , came up unexpectedly , and indeed to my furprise . First , I had no plow to turn up the earth , no fpade or fhovel to dig it . Well , this I conquered by making a wooden fpade , as I obferved before ; but this did my work but in ...
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Page 145 - When 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...
Page 54 - However, upon second thoughts, I took it away, and wrapping all this in a piece of canvas, I began to think of making another raft. But while I was preparing...
Page 5 - 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 54 - what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground.
Page 64 - I had never handled a tool in my life, and yet in time by labour, application, and contrivance, I found at last that I wanted nothing but I could have made it, especially if I had had tools...
Page 186 - I could think of; and he came nearer and nearer, kneeling down every ten or twelve steps, in token of acknowledgment for my 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 191 - I likewise taught him to say 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.
Page 42 - 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...
Page 191 - 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 42 - ... went back, and left me upon the land almost dry, but half dead with the water I took in. I had so much presence of mind, as well as breath left, that seeing...