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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... give me any encourage- ' ment to go away ; and to clofe all , he told me , I had my elder brother for an example , to whom he had used the fame earnest perfuafions to keep him from going into the Low - Country wars , but could not ...
... give me any encourage- ' ment to go away ; and to clofe all , he told me , I had my elder brother for an example , to whom he had used the fame earnest perfuafions to keep him from going into the Low - Country wars , but could not ...
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... give us but a good fhip , and fea - room , and we think nothing of fuch a squall of wind as that ; but you are but a fresh water failor , Bob : come , let us make a bowl of punch , and we'll forget all that , do you see what charming ...
... give us but a good fhip , and fea - room , and we think nothing of fuch a squall of wind as that ; but you are but a fresh water failor , Bob : come , let us make a bowl of punch , and we'll forget all that , do you see what charming ...
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... give over , fo I ventured to make to the coaft , and came to an anchor in the mouth of a little river , I knew not what or where , neither what latitude , what country , what nation , or what river . I neither faw , nor defired to fee ...
... give over , fo I ventured to make to the coaft , and came to an anchor in the mouth of a little river , I knew not what or where , neither what latitude , what country , what nation , or what river . I neither faw , nor defired to fee ...
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... give him the hatchet . For what , Xury , faid I. Me cut off his head , faid he .-- However , Xury could not cut off his head , but he cut off a foot , and brought it with him , and it was a monftrous great one . I bethought myself ...
... give him the hatchet . For what , Xury , faid I. Me cut off his head , faid he .-- However , Xury could not cut off his head , but he cut off a foot , and brought it with him , and it was a monftrous great one . I bethought myself ...
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... give it them ; but made figns for the fkin , which they . gave me very freely , and brought me a great deal more of their provifion , which , tho ' I did not understand , yet I accepted . Then I made figns to them for fome wa- ter , and ...
... give it them ; but made figns for the fkin , which they . gave me very freely , and brought me a great deal more of their provifion , which , tho ' I did not understand , yet I accepted . Then I made figns to them for fome wa- ter , and ...
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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...