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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... exercise of ingenuity not to be commended ; -though , after all , the particulars were probably most of them true , though the relater was fictitious . De Foe also wrote many pieces in verse , which , though they had no iv DE FOE .
... exercise of ingenuity not to be commended ; -though , after all , the particulars were probably most of them true , though the relater was fictitious . De Foe also wrote many pieces in verse , which , though they had no iv DE FOE .
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With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. pieces in verse , which , though they had no pre- tensions to poetry properly so called , had many passages that were nervous and pointed . One , entitled Reformation of Manners ...
With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. pieces in verse , which , though they had no pre- tensions to poetry properly so called , had many passages that were nervous and pointed . One , entitled Reformation of Manners ...
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... pieces , I presented it at him , and told him , I had done him no hurt , and if he would be quiet , I would do him none : But , said I , you swim well enough to reach the shore , and the sea is calm ; make the best of your way to shore ...
... pieces , I presented it at him , and told him , I had done him no hurt , and if he would be quiet , I would do him none : But , said I , you swim well enough to reach the shore , and the sea is calm ; make the best of your way to shore ...
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... piece of rusk bread to eat , and a dram out of our patron's case of bottles , which I mentioned before ; and we hauled in the boat as near the shore as we thought was proper , and so waded to shore , carrying no- thing but our arms ...
... piece of rusk bread to eat , and a dram out of our patron's case of bottles , which I mentioned before ; and we hauled in the boat as near the shore as we thought was proper , and so waded to shore , carrying no- thing but our arms ...
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... side of the shore , under the shade of a piece of the hill , that hung , as it were , over him . Xury , says I , you shall go on shore and kill D3 ROBINSON CRUSOE . 29 the emperor of Morocco's dominions and the Ne- ...
... side of the shore , under the shade of a piece of the hill , that hung , as it were , over him . Xury , says I , you shall go on shore and kill D3 ROBINSON CRUSOE . 29 the emperor of Morocco's dominions and the Ne- ...
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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.