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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Page 78
... Wall , for I rais'd a kind of Wall up against it of Turfs , about two Foot thick on the Outfide , and after fome time , I think it was a Year and half , I rais'd Rafters from it lean- ing to the Rock , and thatch'd or cover'd it with ...
... Wall , for I rais'd a kind of Wall up against it of Turfs , about two Foot thick on the Outfide , and after fome time , I think it was a Year and half , I rais'd Rafters from it lean- ing to the Rock , and thatch'd or cover'd it with ...
Page 79
... to feparate every Thing at large in their Places , that I might come easily at them ; I knock'd Pieces into the Wall of the Rock to hang my Guns and all Things that would hang up .. So So that had my Cave been to be feen , [ 79 ]
... to feparate every Thing at large in their Places , that I might come easily at them ; I knock'd Pieces into the Wall of the Rock to hang my Guns and all Things that would hang up .. So So that had my Cave been to be feen , [ 79 ]
Page 82
... Wall , or Fortification made of double Piles , lin'd within with Cable , and without with Turf . From the 26th to the 30th I work'd very in carrying all my Goods to my new Habitation hard tho ' tho ' fome part of the time it rain'd ...
... Wall , or Fortification made of double Piles , lin'd within with Cable , and without with Turf . From the 26th to the 30th I work'd very in carrying all my Goods to my new Habitation hard tho ' tho ' fome part of the time it rain'd ...
Page 88
... Wall ; which , being ftill jealous of my being attack'd by fome Body , I refolv'd to make very thick and strong . N. B. This Wall being defcrib'd before , I purposely omit what was faid in the Four- nal ; it is fufficient to cbferve ...
... Wall ; which , being ftill jealous of my being attack'd by fome Body , I refolv'd to make very thick and strong . N. B. This Wall being defcrib'd before , I purposely omit what was faid in the Four- nal ; it is fufficient to cbferve ...
Page 89
... Wall was finifh'd , and the Out - fide double fenc'd with a Turf - Wall rais'd up clofe to it , I perfuaded my felf , that if any People were to come on Shore there , they would not perceive any Thing like a Habitation ; and it was very ...
... Wall was finifh'd , and the Out - fide double fenc'd with a Turf - Wall rais'd up clofe to it , I perfuaded my felf , that if any People were to come on Shore there , they would not perceive any Thing like a Habitation ; and it was very ...
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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.