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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... possible . By noon the sea went very high indeed , and our ship rode forecastle in , shipped several seas , and we thought , once or twice , our anchor had come home ; upon which our master ordered out the sheet - anchor ; so that we ...
... possible . By noon the sea went very high indeed , and our ship rode forecastle in , shipped several seas , and we thought , once or twice , our anchor had come home ; upon which our master ordered out the sheet - anchor ; so that we ...
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... possible she could swim till we might run into a port , so the master continued firing guns for help ; and a light ship , who had rid it out just a - head of us , ventured a boat out to help us . It was with the utmost hazard the boat ...
... possible she could swim till we might run into a port , so the master continued firing guns for help ; and a light ship , who had rid it out just a - head of us , ventured a boat out to help us . It was with the utmost hazard the boat ...
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... possible expedition , and bade Xury load both the others . As soon as he came fairly within my reach , I fired , and shot him directly in the head : immediately he sunk down into the water , but rose instantly , and plunged up and down ...
... possible expedition , and bade Xury load both the others . As soon as he came fairly within my reach , I fired , and shot him directly in the head : immediately he sunk down into the water , but rose instantly , and plunged up and down ...
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... possible caution to preserve my effects , and to keep up my plantation : had I used half as much prudence to have looked into my own interest , and have made a judgement of what I ought to have done and not to have done , I ' had ...
... possible caution to preserve my effects , and to keep up my plantation : had I used half as much prudence to have looked into my own interest , and have made a judgement of what I ought to have done and not to have done , I ' had ...
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... possible ; my greatest concern now being , that the wave , as it would carry me a great way towards the shore when it came on , might not carry me back again with it when it gave back towards the sea . The wave that came upon me again ...
... possible ; my greatest concern now being , that the wave , as it would carry me a great way towards the shore when it came on , might not carry me back again with it when it gave back towards the sea . The wave that came upon me again ...
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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.