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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... gave his Testimony to this as the juft Standard of true Felicity , when he prayed to have neither Poverty or Riches . He bid me obferve it , and I fhould always find , that the Calamities of Life were fhared among the upper and lower ...
... gave his Testimony to this as the juft Standard of true Felicity , when he prayed to have neither Poverty or Riches . He bid me obferve it , and I fhould always find , that the Calamities of Life were fhared among the upper and lower ...
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... gave Chafe to us with all the Sail fhe could make . We crowded alfo as much Canvafs as our Yards would fpread , or our Mafts carry , to have got clear ; but finding the Pirate gain'd upon us , and would certainly come up with us in a ...
... gave Chafe to us with all the Sail fhe could make . We crowded alfo as much Canvafs as our Yards would fpread , or our Mafts carry , to have got clear ; but finding the Pirate gain'd upon us , and would certainly come up with us in a ...
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... gave him a Dram ( out of our Patron's Cafe of Bot- tles ) to chear him up : After all , Xury's Advice was good , and I took it , we dropp'd our little An- chor and lay ftill all Night ; I fay ftill , for we flept none ; for in two or ...
... gave him a Dram ( out of our Patron's Cafe of Bot- tles ) to chear him up : After all , Xury's Advice was good , and I took it , we dropp'd our little An- chor and lay ftill all Night ; I fay ftill , for we flept none ; for in two or ...
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... gave Xury a piece of Rusk - bread to eat , and a Dram out of our Pa- tron's Cafe of Bottles which I mentioned before ; and we hal'd the Boat in as near the Shore as we thought was proper , and waded on Shore ; car- rying nothing but our ...
... gave Xury a piece of Rusk - bread to eat , and a Dram out of our Pa- tron's Cafe of Bottles which I mentioned before ; and we hal'd the Boat in as near the Shore as we thought was proper , and waded on Shore ; car- rying nothing but our ...
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... gave the most hideous Roar that ever I heard ; I was a little furpriz'd that I had not hit him on the Head ; however I took up the second Piece im- mediately , and tho ' he began to move off fir'd a gain , and fhot him into the Head ...
... gave the most hideous Roar that ever I heard ; I was a little furpriz'd that I had not hit him on the Head ; however I took up the second Piece im- mediately , and tho ' he began to move off fir'd a gain , and fhot him into the Head ...
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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.