The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16, Part 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English literature |
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... afterwards with so much success in the papers of The Tatler and Spectator . De Foe was liberated by the interposition of Harley , and afterwards employed by the queen in Scotland , when the union was projected . He had great knowledge ...
... afterwards with so much success in the papers of The Tatler and Spectator . De Foe was liberated by the interposition of Harley , and afterwards employed by the queen in Scotland , when the union was projected . He had great knowledge ...
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... afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother , whose re- lations were named Robinson , a very good family in that country , and from whom I was called Ro- binson Kreutznaer ; but , by the usual corruption of words in ...
... afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother , whose re- lations were named Robinson , a very good family in that country , and from whom I was called Ro- binson Kreutznaer ; but , by the usual corruption of words in ...
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... afterwards , she reported all the discourse to him ; and that my father , after showing a great concern at it , said to her with a sigh , That boy might be happy , if he would stay at home ; but , if he goes abroad , he will be the most ...
... afterwards , she reported all the discourse to him ; and that my father , after showing a great concern at it , said to her with a sigh , That boy might be happy , if he would stay at home ; but , if he goes abroad , he will be the most ...
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... off a little the violence of the wind . Here we got in , and , though not without much difficulty , got all safe on shore , and walked afterwards on foot C to Yarmouth ; where , as unfortunate men , we ROBINSON CRUSOE . 13.
... off a little the violence of the wind . Here we got in , and , though not without much difficulty , got all safe on shore , and walked afterwards on foot C to Yarmouth ; where , as unfortunate men , we ROBINSON CRUSOE . 13.
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... afterwards talk- ed very gravely to me ; exhorted me to go back to my father , and not tempt Providence to my ruin ; told me , I might see a visible hand of Heaven against me ; and , young man , said he , depend upon it , if you do not ...
... afterwards talk- ed very gravely to me ; exhorted me to go back to my father , and not tempt Providence to my ruin ; told me , I might see a visible hand of Heaven against me ; and , young man , said he , depend upon it , if you do not ...
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Page 170 - 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 174 - 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 to me were, " Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and He shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 174 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 226 - 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.