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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... whole of them ; but their dramatic form of dialogues , supported with much nature and feeling , and the interest which his manner of writing has thrown into the familiar stories and incidents of domestic and common life , have made ...
... whole of them ; but their dramatic form of dialogues , supported with much nature and feeling , and the interest which his manner of writing has thrown into the familiar stories and incidents of domestic and common life , have made ...
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... whole nations of Negroes were 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 ...
... whole nations of Negroes were 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 ...
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... whole day ; but at last we got off the hide of him , and spreading it on the top of our cabin , the sun effectually dried it in two days ' time , and it afterwards served me to lie upon . After this stop , we made on to the southward ...
... whole day ; but at last we got off the hide of him , and spreading it on the top of our cabin , the sun effectually dried it in two days ' time , and it afterwards served me to lie upon . After this stop , we made on to the southward ...
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... whole being , as I may say , wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance ; making a thou- sand gestures and motions , which I cannot describe ; reflecting upon my comrades that were drowned , and that there should not be one soul ...
... whole being , as I may say , wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance ; making a thou- sand gestures and motions , which I cannot describe ; reflecting upon my comrades that were drowned , and that there should not be one soul ...
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... whole as it was , with- out losing time to look into it , for I knew in gene- ral what it contained . My next care was for some ammunition and arms . There were two very good fowling pieces in the great cabin , and two pistols ; these I ...
... whole as it was , with- out losing time to look into it , for I knew in gene- ral what it contained . My next care was for some ammunition and arms . There were two very good fowling pieces in the great cabin , and two pistols ; these 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.