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... Country , my Father being a Fo- reigner of Bremen , who fettled first at Hull : He got a good Eftate by Mer- chandize , and leaving off his Trade , lived afterwards at York , from whence he had married my Mother , whofe Relations were ...
... Country , my Father being a Fo- reigner of Bremen , who fettled first at Hull : He got a good Eftate by Mer- chandize , and leaving off his Trade , lived afterwards at York , from whence he had married my Mother , whofe Relations were ...
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... Country Free - fchool generally goes , and defigned me for the Law ; but I would be fatisfied with nothing but going to Sea ; and my Inclination to this led me fo ftrongly againft the Will , nay , the Commands , of my Father , and ...
... Country Free - fchool generally goes , and defigned me for the Law ; but I would be fatisfied with nothing but going to Sea ; and my Inclination to this led me fo ftrongly againft the Will , nay , the Commands , of my Father , and ...
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... Country Wars , but could not prevail , his young Defires prompting him to run into the Army , where he was killed ; and though he faid he would not cease to pray for me , yet he would venture to fay to me , that if I did take this ...
... Country Wars , but could not prevail , his young Defires prompting him to run into the Army , where he was killed ; and though he faid he would not cease to pray for me , yet he would venture to fay to me , that if I did take this ...
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... Country , to the Emperor's Court , as the rest of our Men were , but was kept by the Captain of the Rover , as his proper Prize , and made his Slave , being young and nimble , and fit for his Business At this furprising Change of my ...
... Country , to the Emperor's Court , as the rest of our Men were , but was kept by the Captain of the Rover , as his proper Prize , and made his Slave , being young and nimble , and fit for his Business At this furprising Change of my ...
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... Country , what Nation , or what River ; I neither faw , or defired to fee , any People ; the principal Thing I wanted was fresh Water . We came into this Creek in the Evening , refolving to fwim on Shore as foon as it was dark , and ...
... Country , what Nation , or what River ; I neither faw , or defired to fee , any People ; the principal Thing I wanted was fresh Water . We came into this Creek in the Evening , refolving to fwim on Shore as foon as it was dark , and ...
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Page 43 - I stood still a few moments to recover breath, and till the water went from me, and then took to my heels and ran with what strength I had farther towards the shore. But neither would this deliver me from the fury of the sea, which came pouring in after me again, and twice more I was lifted up by the waves and carried forwards as before, the shore being very flat.
Page 43 - ... breast beat the breath as it were quite out of my body; and had it returned again immediately, I must have been strangled in the water. But I...
Page 43 - Now as the waves were not so high as at first, being near land, I held my hold till the wave abated, and then fetched another run, which brought me so near the shore that the next wave, though it went over me, yet did not so swallow me up as to carry me away, and the next run I took I got to the mainland, where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs...
Page 54 - However, upon second thoughts, I took it away, and wrapping all this in a piece of canvas, I began to think of making another raft. But while I was preparing this, I found the...
Page 142 - ... came into my thoughts by the way. When I came to my castle (for so I think I called it ever after this), I fled into it like one...
Page 142 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand.
Page 42 - ... went back, and left me upon the land almost dry, but half dead with the water I took in. I had so much presence of mind, as well as breath left, that seeing...
Page 143 - When I came to my castle, for so I think I called it ever after this, I fled into it like one pursued ; whether I went over by the ladder, as first contrived, or went in at the hole in the rock, which I...
Page 43 - I was now landed, and safe on shore, and began to look up and thank God that my life was saved in a case wherein there was some minutes before scarce any room to hope. I believe it is impossible to express to the life what the ecstasies and transports of the soul are when it is so saved, as I may say...
Page 189 - It came now very warmly upon my thoughts, and indeed irresistibly, that now was my time to get me a servant, and perhaps a companion or assistant, and that I was called plainly by Providence to save this poor creature's life.