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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... rock or sand , whe- ther steep or shoal - we knew not ; the only hope that could rationally give us the least shadow of ex- pectation , was , if we might happen into some bay or gulf , or the mouth of some river , where by great chance ...
... rock or sand , whe- ther steep or shoal - we knew not ; the only hope that could rationally give us the least shadow of ex- pectation , was , if we might happen into some bay or gulf , or the mouth of some river , where by great chance ...
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... rock , and that with such force , that it left me senseless , and indeed helpless , as to my own deliverance ; for the blow taking my side and breast , beat the breath , as it were , quite out of my body ; and had it returned again ...
... rock , and that with such force , that it left me senseless , and indeed helpless , as to my own deliverance ; for the blow taking my side and breast , beat the breath , as it were , quite out of my body ; and had it returned again ...
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... rock which I at first mentioned , where I had been so bruised by the wave dashing me against it . This being within about a mile from the shore where I was , and the ship seeming to stand upright still , I wished myself on board , that ...
... rock which I at first mentioned , where I had been so bruised by the wave dashing me against it . This being within about a mile from the shore where I was , and the ship seeming to stand upright still , I wished myself on board , that ...
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... rocks , which lay a great way off , and two small islands , less than this , which lay about three leagues to the west . I found also that the island I was in was barren , and , as I saw good reason to believe , uninhabited , except by ...
... rocks , which lay a great way off , and two small islands , less than this , which lay about three leagues to the west . I found also that the island I was in was barren , and , as I saw good reason to believe , uninhabited , except by ...
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... rock there was a hollow place , worn a little way in , like the entrance or door of a cave ; but there was not really any cave , or way into the rock , at all . On the flat of the green , just before this hollow place , I resolved to ...
... rock there was a hollow place , worn a little way in , like the entrance or door of a cave ; but there was not really any cave , or way into the rock , at all . On the flat of the green , just before this hollow place , I resolved 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.