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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... believe , began earlier , or continued longer , than mine . The ship had no sooner got out of the Humber , than the wind began to blow , and the waves to rise , in a most frightful manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was ...
... believe , began earlier , or continued longer , than mine . The ship had no sooner got out of the Humber , than the wind began to blow , and the waves to rise , in a most frightful manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was ...
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... believe , got my father , or , at least , my mother , to contribute so much as that to my first adventure . This was the only voyage which I may say was suc- expense ; cessful in all my adventures , and which I owe c 3 ROBINSON CRUSOE ...
... believe , got my father , or , at least , my mother , to contribute so much as that to my first adventure . This was the only voyage which I may say was suc- expense ; cessful in all my adventures , and which I owe c 3 ROBINSON CRUSOE ...
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... believe by the next day , at three o'clock in the afternoon , when I made the land , I could not be less than 150 miles south of Sallee , quite beyond the emperor of Morocco's do- minions , or indeed of any other king thereabout ; for ...
... believe by the next day , at three o'clock in the afternoon , when I made the land , I could not be less than 150 miles south of Sallee , quite beyond the emperor of Morocco's do- minions , or indeed of any other king thereabout ; for ...
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... believe , those creatures had never heard before . This convinced me there was no going on shore for us in the night upon that coast : and how to venture on shore in the day , was another ques- tion too ; for to have fallen into the ...
... believe , those creatures had never heard before . This convinced me there was no going on shore for us in the night upon that coast : and how to venture on shore in the day , was another ques- tion too ; for to have fallen into the ...
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... believe it was the lat- ter , because , in the first place , those ravenous crea- tures seldom appear but in the night ; and , in the second place , we found the people terribly fright- ened , especially the women . The man that had the ...
... believe it was the lat- ter , because , in the first place , those ravenous crea- tures seldom appear but in the night ; and , in the second place , we found the people terribly fright- ened , especially the women . The man that had the ...
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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.