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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... knew would be to my Hurt : In a word , that as he would do very kind Things for me if I would stay and fettle at Home as he directed , fo he would not have fo much Hand in my Misfor- tunes , as to give me any Encouragement to go . away ...
... knew would be to my Hurt : In a word , that as he would do very kind Things for me if I would stay and fettle at Home as he directed , fo he would not have fo much Hand in my Misfor- tunes , as to give me any Encouragement to go . away ...
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... knew it would be to no Purpose to fpeak to my Father upon any fuch Subject ; that he knew too well what was my Intereft to give his Confent to any fuch Thing fo much for my Hurt , and that the wondered how I could think of any fuch ...
... knew it would be to no Purpose to fpeak to my Father upon any fuch Subject ; that he knew too well what was my Intereft to give his Confent to any fuch Thing fo much for my Hurt , and that the wondered how I could think of any fuch ...
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... would come near us , order'd to fire a Gun as a Signal of Distress . I who knew nothing what that meant , was fo furpri- zed , that I thought the Ship had broke , or fome dread- dreadful thing had happen'd . In a word , I [ 12 ]
... would come near us , order'd to fire a Gun as a Signal of Distress . I who knew nothing what that meant , was fo furpri- zed , that I thought the Ship had broke , or fome dread- dreadful thing had happen'd . In a word , I [ 12 ]
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... would come near us , order'd to fire a Gun as a Signal of Diftrefs . I who knew nothing what that meant , was fo furpri- zed , that I thought the Ship had broke , or fome dread- dreadful thing had happen'd . In a word , I [ 12 ]
... would come near us , order'd to fire a Gun as a Signal of Diftrefs . I who knew nothing what that meant , was fo furpri- zed , that I thought the Ship had broke , or fome dread- dreadful thing had happen'd . In a word , I [ 12 ]
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... knew not , neither did I fo much as confider whither I fhould fteer ; for any where to get out of that Place was my Way . My first Contrivance was to make a Pretence to fpeak to this Moor , to get fomething for our Sub- fiftence on ...
... knew not , neither did I fo much as confider whither I fhould fteer ; for any where to get out of that Place was my Way . My first Contrivance was to make a Pretence to fpeak to this Moor , to get fomething for our Sub- fiftence on ...
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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.