The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years All Alone in an Un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; ...W. Taylor, 1719 - 364 pages |
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... Body or Mind , as thofe were , who by vicious Living , Luxury and Extravagancies on one Hand , or by hard Labour , want of Neceffaries , and mean or infufficient Diet on the other Hand , bring Di- ftempers upon themselves by the natural ...
... Body or Mind , as thofe were , who by vicious Living , Luxury and Extravagancies on one Hand , or by hard Labour , want of Neceffaries , and mean or infufficient Diet on the other Hand , bring Di- ftempers upon themselves by the natural ...
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... Body of Beft ; not enrag'd with the Paffion of Envy , or fecret burning Luft of Ambition for great Things ; but in eafy Circumftances fliding gently thro ' the World , and fenfibly tasting the Sweets of living , without the bitter ...
... Body of Beft ; not enrag'd with the Paffion of Envy , or fecret burning Luft of Ambition for great Things ; but in eafy Circumftances fliding gently thro ' the World , and fenfibly tasting the Sweets of living , without the bitter ...
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... Body had his own Life to think of , no Body minded me , or what was become of me ; but another Man stept up to the Pump , and thrusting me afide with his Foot , let me lye , think- ing I had been Dead ; and it was a great while before I ...
... Body had his own Life to think of , no Body minded me , or what was become of me ; but another Man stept up to the Pump , and thrusting me afide with his Foot , let me lye , think- ing I had been Dead ; and it was a great while before I ...
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... Body elfe ; from whence I have fince often obferved , how incongruous and irrational the com- mon Temper of Mankind is , efpecially of Youth , to that Reason which ought to guide them in fuch Cafes , viz . That they are asham'd to fin ...
... Body elfe ; from whence I have fince often obferved , how incongruous and irrational the com- mon Temper of Mankind is , efpecially of Youth , to that Reason which ought to guide them in fuch Cafes , viz . That they are asham'd to fin ...
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... Body had his own Life to think of , no Body minded me , or what was become of me ; but another Man ftept up to the Pump , and thrusting me afide with his Foot , let me lye , think- ing I had been Dead ; and it was a great while before I ...
... Body had his own Life to think of , no Body minded me , or what was become of me ; but another Man ftept up to the Pump , and thrusting me afide with his Foot , let me lye , think- ing I had been Dead ; and it was a great while before I ...
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Page 175 - I could think of; and he came nearer and nearer, kneeling down every ten or twelve steps, in token of acknowledgment for my saving his life. 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 my slave for ever.
Page 130 - I went to it again to see if there were any more, and to observe if it might not be my fancy; but there was no room for that, for there was exactly the very print of a foot, toes, heel, and every part of a foot; how it came thither I knew not, nor could in the least imagine.
Page 175 - I beckoned him again to come to me, and gave him all the signs of encouragement that I could think of; and he came nearer and nearer, kneeling down every ten or twelve steps, in token of acknowledgment for my saving his life.
Page 35 - My raft was now strong enough to bear any reasonable weight; my next care was what to load it with and how to preserve what I laid upon it from the surf of the sea...
Page 178 - ... gestures to show it. At last he lays his head flat upon the ground, close to my foot, and sets my other foot upon his head, as he had done before ; and after this made all the signs to me of subjection, servitude, and submission imaginable, to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.