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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... sure with which he bore his punishment gave occasion to the following sarcasm from Pope , who hated both whigs and dis - enters , " Earless on high stood unabash'd De Foe . " While he was still in prison he commenced a periodical ...
... sure with which he bore his punishment gave occasion to the following sarcasm from Pope , who hated both whigs and dis - enters , " Earless on high stood unabash'd De Foe . " While he was still in prison he commenced a periodical ...
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... sure , if I did , I should never serve out my time , and I should cer- tainly run away from my master before my time was out , and go to sea ; and if she would speak to my father to let me make but one voyage abroad , if I came home ...
... sure , if I did , I should never serve out my time , and I should cer- tainly run away from my master before my time was out , and go to sea ; and if she would speak to my father to let me make but one voyage abroad , if I came home ...
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... sure to have made the coast of Spain , and at last reached to the bay of Cadiz : but my resolutions were , blow which way it would , I would be gone from the hor- rid place where I was , and leave the rest to fate . After we had fished ...
... sure to have made the coast of Spain , and at last reached to the bay of Cadiz : but my resolutions were , blow which way it would , I would be gone from the hor- rid place where I was , and leave the rest to fate . After we had fished ...
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... sure to surround us with their canoes , and destroy us ; where we could never once go on shore but we should be devoured by savage beasts , or more mer- ciless savages of human kind ? But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening , I ...
... sure to surround us with their canoes , and destroy us ; where we could never once go on shore but we should be devoured by savage beasts , or more mer- ciless savages of human kind ? But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening , I ...
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... sure my first work was to search and to see what was spoiled and what was free : and , first , I found that all the ship's provisions were dry and untouched by the water ; and , being very well disposed to eat , I went to the bread ...
... sure my first work was to search and to see what was spoiled and what was free : and , first , I found that all the ship's provisions were dry and untouched by the water ; and , being very well disposed to eat , I went to the bread ...
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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.