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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... observe it , and I should always find , that the calamities of life were fhared among the upper and lower part of mankind ; but that the middle ftation had the feweft difafters , and was not expofed to fo many viciffitudes as the higher ...
... observe it , and I should always find , that the calamities of life were fhared among the upper and lower part of mankind ; but that the middle ftation had the feweft difafters , and was not expofed to fo many viciffitudes as the higher ...
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... observed above , in the first place , and this I did out of the short pieces of boards that I brought on my raft from the fhip . But when I had wrought out fome boards as above , I made large shelves of the breadth of a foot and an half ...
... observed above , in the first place , and this I did out of the short pieces of boards that I brought on my raft from the fhip . But when I had wrought out fome boards as above , I made large shelves of the breadth of a foot and an half ...
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... observed here- after , upon a very remarkable occafion . During this time , I made rounds in the woods for game every day , when the rain permitted me , and made frequent difcoveries in thefe walks of fomething or other to my advantage ...
... observed here- after , upon a very remarkable occafion . During this time , I made rounds in the woods for game every day , when the rain permitted me , and made frequent difcoveries in thefe walks of fomething or other to my advantage ...
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... observed no fabbath - day ; for as at first I had no fenfe of religion upon my mind , I had after fome time omitted to distinguish the weeks , by making a longer notch than ordinary for the fabbath - day , and fo did not really know ...
... observed no fabbath - day ; for as at first I had no fenfe of religion upon my mind , I had after fome time omitted to distinguish the weeks , by making a longer notch than ordinary for the fabbath - day , and fo did not really know ...
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... observations , must be near the Spanish dominions , and perhaps was all inhabited by favages , where if I fhould have landed , I had been in a worse condition than I was now ; and therefore I ac- quiefced in the difpofitions of ...
... observations , must be near the Spanish dominions , and perhaps was all inhabited by favages , where if I fhould have landed , I had been in a worse condition than I was now ; and therefore I ac- quiefced in the difpofitions of ...
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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...