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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... never fettle to any thing with Refolution enough to go through with it , and my Father had better give me his Confent than force me to go without it ; that I was now eighteen Years old , which was too late to go Apprentice to a Trade ...
... never fettle to any thing with Refolution enough to go through with it , and my Father had better give me his Confent than force me to go without it ; that I was now eighteen Years old , which was too late to go Apprentice to a Trade ...
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... never have their Con- fent to it : That for her Part she would not have fo much Hand in my Deftruction ; and I fhould never have it to fay , that my Mother was willing when my Father was not . Tho ' my Mother refufed to move it to my ...
... never have their Con- fent to it : That for her Part she would not have fo much Hand in my Deftruction ; and I fhould never have it to fay , that my Mother was willing when my Father was not . Tho ' my Mother refufed to move it to my ...
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... Never any young Adventurer's Misfortunes , I believe , began fooner , or continued longer than mine . The Ship was no fooner gotten out of the Humber , but the Wind be- gan to blow , and the Sea to rife in a moft frightful manner ; and ...
... Never any young Adventurer's Misfortunes , I believe , began fooner , or continued longer than mine . The Ship was no fooner gotten out of the Humber , but the Wind be- gan to blow , and the Sea to rife in a moft frightful manner ; and ...
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... never fet it into a Ship a- gain while I liv'd ; that I would take his Advice , and never run my felf into fuch Miseries as thefe a- ny more . Now I faw plainly the Goodness of his Obfervations about the middle Station of Life , how ...
... never fet it into a Ship a- gain while I liv'd ; that I would take his Advice , and never run my felf into fuch Miseries as thefe a- ny more . Now I faw plainly the Goodness of his Obfervations about the middle Station of Life , how ...
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... early : But it was not fo with me , I first fell acquainted with the Master of a Ship who had been on the Coast of Guiney ; and who having had very good Succefs there , was re- C folved of the Sea , we fhould never rife more ; [ 17 ]
... early : But it was not fo with me , I first fell acquainted with the Master of a Ship who had been on the Coast of Guiney ; and who having had very good Succefs there , was re- C folved of the Sea , we fhould never rife more ; [ 17 ]
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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.