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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... tide was out , which flowed but a little way up ; so we filled our jars , and , having a fire , feasted on the hare we had killed ; and prepared to go on our way , having seen no footsteps of any human crea- ture in that part of the ...
... tide was out , which flowed but a little way up ; so we filled our jars , and , having a fire , feasted on the hare we had killed ; and prepared to go on our way , having seen no footsteps of any human crea- ture in that part of the ...
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... tide beginning to flow , we lay still , to go farther in . Xury , whose eyes were more about him than , it seems , mine were , calls softly to me , and tells me , that we had best go farther off the shore ; for , says he , Look , yonder ...
... tide beginning to flow , we lay still , to go farther in . Xury , whose eyes were more about him than , it seems , mine were , calls softly to me , and tells me , that we had best go farther off the shore ; for , says he , Look , yonder ...
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... tide , and was driven up almost as far as the 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 ...
... tide , and was driven up almost as far as the 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 ...
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... some cordial waters ; and , in all , about five or six gallons of rack . These I stowed by themselves , there being no need to put them into the chests , nor any room for them . While I was doing this , I found the tide ROBINSON CRUSOE .
... some cordial waters ; and , in all , about five or six gallons of rack . These I stowed by themselves , there being no need to put them into the chests , nor any room for them . While I was doing this , I found the tide ROBINSON CRUSOE .
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... tide began to flow , though very calm ; and I had the mortifica- tion to see my coat , shirt , and waistcoat , which I had left on shore , upon the sand , swim away ; as for my breeches , which were only linen , and open - kneed , I ...
... tide began to flow , though very calm ; and I had the mortifica- tion to see my coat , shirt , and waistcoat , which I had left on shore , upon the sand , swim away ; as for my breeches , which were only linen , and open - kneed , I ...
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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.