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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... manner of writing has thrown into the familiar stories and incidents of domestic and common life , have made these publications , especially the former , exceedingly popular to this day among those whose religious opinions are similar ...
... manner of writing has thrown into the familiar stories and incidents of domestic and common life , have made these publications , especially the former , exceedingly popular to this day among those whose religious opinions are similar ...
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... Manners , contains a strong invective against the slave - trade . A sa- tire called The true - born Englishman was much read in its time , though it gave great offence . Its purport was to parry the attacks made against king William as ...
... Manners , contains a strong invective against the slave - trade . A sa- tire called The true - born Englishman was much read in its time , though it gave great offence . Its purport was to parry the attacks made against king William as ...
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... manner , not to play the young man , nor to precipitate myself into miseries which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no ne- cessity of seeking my bread ; that he would do ...
... manner , not to play the young man , nor to precipitate myself into miseries which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no ne- cessity of seeking my bread ; that he would do ...
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... manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most inexpressibly sick in body and terrified in mind : I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judgement of Heaven , for ...
... manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most inexpressibly sick in body and terrified in mind : I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judgement of Heaven , for ...
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... manner of the sea . But the eighth day , in the morning , the wind increased , and we had all hands at work to strike our topmasts , and make every thing snug and close , that the ship might ride as easy as possible . By noon the sea ...
... manner of the sea . But the eighth day , in the morning , the wind increased , and we had all hands at work to strike our topmasts , and make every thing snug and close , that the ship might ride as easy as possible . By noon the sea ...
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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.