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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... cave ; and the affectionate simplicity of poor Friday , agitate the mind in various ways . The later has a great deal of simple and natural pathos ; and nothing in description can be more lively than the account of his meeting with his ...
... cave ; and the affectionate simplicity of poor Friday , agitate the mind in various ways . The later has a great deal of simple and natural pathos ; and nothing in description can be more lively than the account of his meeting with his ...
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... cave ; but there was not really any cave , or way into the rock , at all . On the flat of the green , just before this hollow place , I resolved to pitch my tent . This plain was not above a hundred yards broad , and about twice as long ...
... cave ; but there was not really any cave , or way into the rock , at all . On the flat of the green , just before this hollow place , I resolved to pitch my tent . This plain was not above a hundred yards broad , and about twice as long ...
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... cave , just behind my tent , which served me like a cellar to my house . It cost me much labour and many days , before all these things were brought to perfection ; and therefore I must go back to some other things which took up some of ...
... cave , just behind my tent , which served me like a cellar to my house . It cost me much labour and many days , before all these things were brought to perfection ; and therefore I must go back to some other things which took up some of ...
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... cave , which in my fancy , I called my kitchen , and the rest I hid up and down in holes among the rocks , so that no wet might come to it , marking very carefully where I laid it . In the interval of time while this was doing , I went ...
... cave , which in my fancy , I called my kitchen , and the rest I hid up and down in holes among the rocks , so that no wet might come to it , marking very carefully where I laid it . In the interval of time while this was doing , I went ...
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... cave , and what conveniences I made , I shall give a full account of it in its proper place : but I must first give some little account of myself , and of my thoughts about living , which , it may well be supposed , were not a few . I ...
... cave , and what conveniences I made , I shall give a full account of it in its proper place : but I must first give some little account of myself , and of my thoughts about living , which , it may well be supposed , were not a few . I ...
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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.