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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... kind of virtues , and all kind of enjoyments ; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune ; that tem- perance , moderation , quietness , health , society , all agreeable diversions , and all desirable pleasures , were ...
... kind of virtues , and all kind of enjoyments ; that peace and plenty were the handmaids of a middle fortune ; that tem- perance , moderation , quietness , health , society , all agreeable diversions , and all desirable pleasures , were ...
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... kind things for me if I would stay and settle at home as he directed ; so he would not have so much hand in my misfortunes as to give me any encouragement to go away : and , to close all , he told me I had my elder brother for an ...
... kind things for me if I would stay and settle at home as he directed ; so he would not have so much hand in my misfortunes as to give me any encouragement to go away : and , to close all , he told me I had my elder brother for an ...
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... kind and tender expressions as she knew my father had used to me : and that , in short , if I would ruin myself , there was no help for me ; but I might depend I should never have their consent to it : that for her part , she would not ...
... kind and tender expressions as she knew my father had used to me : and that , in short , if I would ruin myself , there was no help for me ; but I might depend I should never have their consent to it : that for her part , she would not ...
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... kind of pas- sion . What had I done , said he , that such an unhappy wretch should come into my ship ! I would not set my foot in the same ship with thee again for a thousand pounds . This indeed was , as I said , an excursion of his ...
... kind of pas- sion . What had I done , said he , that such an unhappy wretch should come into my ship ! I would not set my foot in the same ship with thee again for a thousand pounds . This indeed was , as I said , an excursion of his ...
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... - cuit , of their kind , and three jars with fresh water , into the boat . I knew where my patron's case of bottles stood , which it was evident , by the make , were taken out of some English prize , and I 22 ADVENTURES OF.
... - cuit , of their kind , and three jars with fresh water , into the boat . I knew where my patron's case of bottles stood , which it was evident , by the make , were taken out of some English prize , and I 22 ADVENTURES OF.
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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.