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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... creatures , of we knew not what kinds , that the poor boy was ready to die with fear , and begged of me not to go on shore till day . Well , Xury , said I , then I will not ; but it ... creature ( whatever it was ) within 26 ADVENTURES OF.
... creatures , of we knew not what kinds , that the poor boy was ready to die with fear , and begged of me not to go on shore till day . Well , Xury , said I , then I will not ; but it ... creature ( whatever it was ) within 26 ADVENTURES OF.
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With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. I perceived the creature ( whatever it was ) within two oars length , which something surprised me ; however , I immediately stept to the cabin ... creature (whatever it was) within ...
With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. I perceived the creature ( whatever it was ) within two oars length , which something surprised me ; however , I immediately stept to the cabin ... creature (whatever it was) within ...
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... creatures which harbour there : so that the Moors use it for their hunting only , where they go like an army , two or three thousand men at a time ; and , indeed , for near a hundred miles together upon this coast , we saw nothing but a ...
... creatures which harbour there : so that the Moors use it for their hunting only , where they go like an army , two or three thousand men at a time ; and , indeed , for near a hundred miles together upon this coast , we saw nothing but a ...
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... creature , put the muzzle of the piece to his ear , and shot him in the head again , which dispatched him quite . This was game , indeed , to us , but it was no food ; and I was very sorry to lose three charges of powder and shot upon a ...
... creature , put the muzzle of the piece to his ear , and shot him in the head again , which dispatched him quite . This was game , indeed , to us , but it was no food ; and I was very sorry to lose three charges of powder and shot upon a ...
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... creatures , one pursuing the other ( as we took it ) with great fury , from the mountains to- wards the sea ; whether it was the male pursuing the female , or whether they were in sport or in rage , we could not tell , any more than we ...
... creatures , one pursuing the other ( as we took it ) with great fury , from the mountains to- wards the sea ; whether it was the male pursuing the female , or whether they were in sport or in rage , we could not tell , any more than we ...
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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.