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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... immediately , for he fwam like a Cork , and call'd to me , begg'd to be taken in , told me he would go all over the World with me ; he fwam fo ftrong after the Boat that he would have reach'd me very quickly , there being but little ...
... immediately , for he fwam like a Cork , and call'd to me , begg'd to be taken in , told me he would go all over the World with me ; he fwam fo ftrong after the Boat that he would have reach'd me very quickly , there being but little ...
Page 27
... immediately stept to the Cabin - door , and taking up my Gun fir'd at him , upon which he im- mediately turn'd about and fwam towards the Shore again . But it is impoffible to describe the horrible Noi- fes , and hidious Cries and ...
... immediately stept to the Cabin - door , and taking up my Gun fir'd at him , upon which he im- mediately turn'd about and fwam towards the Shore again . But it is impoffible to describe the horrible Noi- fes , and hidious Cries and ...
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... immediately he funk down into the Water , but rofe instantly and plung'd up and down as if he was ftruggling for Life ; and fo indeed he was , he immediately made to the Shore , but between the Wound which was his mortal Hurt , and the ...
... immediately he funk down into the Water , but rofe instantly and plung'd up and down as if he was ftruggling for Life ; and fo indeed he was , he immediately made to the Shore , but between the Wound which was his mortal Hurt , and the ...
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... immediately to fome of their Friends , and there came two Women and brought a great Veffel made of Earth , and burnt , as I fup- pofe in the Sun ; this they fet down for me , as be- fore , and I fent Xury on Shore with my Jarrs , and ...
... immediately to fome of their Friends , and there came two Women and brought a great Veffel made of Earth , and burnt , as I fup- pofe in the Sun ; this they fet down for me , as be- fore , and I fent Xury on Shore with my Jarrs , and ...
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... immediately faw not only the Ship , but what fhe was , ( viz . ) that it was a Portugu fe Ship , and as I thought was bound to the Coaft of Guinea for Negroes . But when I obferv'd the Courfe fhe fter'd , I was foon convinc'd they were ...
... immediately faw not only the Ship , but what fhe was , ( viz . ) that it was a Portugu fe Ship , and as I thought was bound to the Coaft of Guinea for Negroes . But when I obferv'd the Courfe fhe fter'd , I was foon convinc'd they were ...
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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.