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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... hopes he would take me with him when he went to sea again , believing that it would , some time or other , be his fate to be taken by a Spanish or Portuguese man of war , and that then I should be set at liberty . But this hope of mine ...
... hopes he would take me with him when he went to sea again , believing that it would , some time or other , be his fate to be taken by a Spanish or Portuguese man of war , and that then I should be set at liberty . But this hope of mine ...
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... hope was , that if I stood along this coast till I came to the part where the English traded , I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade , that would relieve and take us in . By the best of my calculation ...
... hope was , that if I stood along this coast till I came to the part where the English traded , I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade , that would relieve and take us in . By the best of my calculation ...
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... hopes of reaching thither ; but hav- ing tried twice , I was forced in again by contrary winds ; the sea also going too high for my little ves- sel ; so I resolved to pursue my first design , and keep along the shore . Several times I ...
... hopes of reaching thither ; but hav- ing tried twice , I was forced in again by contrary winds ; the sea also going too high for my little ves- sel ; so I resolved to pursue my first design , and keep along the shore . Several times I ...
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... hopes to meet with some European ship ; and if I did not , I knew not what course I had to take , but to seek for the islands , or perish among the Negroes . I knew that all the ships from Europe , which sailed either to the coast of ...
... hopes to meet with some European ship ; and if I did not , I knew not what course I had to take , but to seek for the islands , or perish among the Negroes . I knew that all the ships from Europe , which sailed either to the coast of ...
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... hopes of seeing whereabouts in the world we were , but the ship struck upon a sand , and in a moment , her motion ... hope to have the ship hold many minutes , without breaking in pieces , un- less the wind , by a kind of miracle ...
... hopes of seeing whereabouts in the world we were , but the ship struck upon a sand , and in a moment , her motion ... hope to have the ship hold many minutes , without breaking in pieces , un- less the wind , by a kind of miracle ...
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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.