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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... land , I would go directly home to my father , and never set it into a ship again while I lived ; that I would take his advice , and never run myself into such mi- series as these any more . Now I saw plainly the goodness of his ...
... land , I would go directly home to my father , and never set it into a ship again while I lived ; that I would take his advice , and never run myself into such mi- series as these any more . Now I saw plainly the goodness of his ...
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... land broke off a little the violence of the wind . Here we got in , and , though not without much difficulty , got all safe on shore , and walked afterwards on foot C to Yarmouth ; where , as unfortunate men , we ROBINSON CRUSOE . 13.
... land broke off a little the violence of the wind . Here we got in , and , though not without much difficulty , got all safe on shore , and walked afterwards on foot C to Yarmouth ; where , as unfortunate men , we ROBINSON CRUSOE . 13.
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... land ; and there , as well as on the road , had many struggles with my- self what course of life I should take , and whether I should go home or go to sea . As C 2 ROBINSON CRUSOE . 15 come this voyage only for a trial, in order ...
... land ; and there , as well as on the road , had many struggles with my- self what course of life I should take , and whether I should go home or go to sea . As C 2 ROBINSON CRUSOE . 15 come this voyage only for a trial, in order ...
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... 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 we saw no people . Yet such was the fright I had taken at the Moors , and 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 we saw no people . Yet such was the fright I had taken at the Moors , and the ...
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... land for fresh water , after we had left this place ; and once , in particular , being early in the morning , we came to an anchor under a little point of land which was pretty high ; and the tide beginning to flow , we lay still , to ...
... land for fresh water , after we had left this place ; and once , in particular , being early in the morning , we came to an anchor under a little point of land which was pretty high ; and the tide beginning to flow , we lay still , to ...
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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.