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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... Hill that hung as it were a little over him . Xury , faid I , you fhall go on Shore and kill him ; Xury look'd frighted , and faid , Me kill ! he eat me at one Mouth ; one Mouthful he meant ; however , I faid no more to the Boy , but ...
... Hill that hung as it were a little over him . Xury , faid I , you fhall go on Shore and kill him ; Xury look'd frighted , and faid , Me kill ! he eat me at one Mouth ; one Mouthful he meant ; however , I faid no more to the Boy , but ...
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... Hill that hung as it were a little over him . Xury , faid I , you fhall go on Shore and kill him ; Xury look'd frighted , and faid , Me kill ! he eat me at one Mouth ; one Mouthful he meant ; however , I faid no more to the Boy , but ...
... Hill that hung as it were a little over him . Xury , faid I , you fhall go on Shore and kill him ; Xury look'd frighted , and faid , Me kill ! he eat me at one Mouth ; one Mouthful he meant ; however , I faid no more to the Boy , but ...
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... Hill , and as furious as an Enemy which I had no Means or Strength to contend with ; my Bufinefs was to hold my Breath , and rife myfelf upon the Water , if I could ; and fo by fwimming to preferve my Breath- ing , and Pilot myself ...
... Hill , and as furious as an Enemy which I had no Means or Strength to contend with ; my Bufinefs was to hold my Breath , and rife myfelf upon the Water , if I could ; and fo by fwimming to preferve my Breath- ing , and Pilot myself ...
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... Hill not above aMile from me , which rofeup very fteep and high , and which feem'd to over top fome other Hills which lay as in a Ridge from it Northward ; took out one of the Fowling Pieces , and one of the Pi- ftols , and an Horn of ...
... Hill not above aMile from me , which rofeup very fteep and high , and which feem'd to over top fome other Hills which lay as in a Ridge from it Northward ; took out one of the Fowling Pieces , and one of the Pi- ftols , and an Horn of ...
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... Hill , whose Front towards this little Plain was fteep as a Houfe - fide , fo that nothing could come down upon me from the Top ; on the fide of this Rock F 2 there there was a hollow Place worn a little Way in [ 67 ]
... Hill , whose Front towards this little Plain was fteep as a Houfe - fide , fo that nothing could come down upon me from the Top ; on the fide of this Rock F 2 there there was a hollow Place worn a little Way in [ 67 ]
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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.