The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight & Twenty Years All Alone in an Uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; ... Written by Himself. ... |
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... observe it , and I fhould always find , that the calamities of life were fhared among the upper and lower part of mankind ; but that the mid- dle ftation had the fewest disasters , and was not ex- pofed to fo many viciffitudes as the ...
... observe it , and I fhould always find , that the calamities of life were fhared among the upper and lower part of mankind ; but that the mid- dle ftation had the fewest disasters , and was not ex- pofed to fo many viciffitudes as the ...
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... observed the tears run down his face very plentifully , and efpe- cially when he spoke of my brother who was killed ; and that when he spoke of my having leisure to re- pent , and none to affift me , he was fo moved , that he broke off ...
... observed the tears run down his face very plentifully , and efpe- cially when he spoke of my brother who was killed ; and that when he spoke of my having leisure to re- pent , and none to affift me , he was fo moved , that he broke off ...
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... observed , how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is , especially of youth , to that reason which ought to guide them in such cases , viz . that they are not ashamed to fin , and yet are ashamed to repent ; nor ...
... observed , how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is , especially of youth , to that reason which ought to guide them in such cases , viz . that they are not ashamed to fin , and yet are ashamed to repent ; nor ...
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... keep an account of the fhip's courfe , take an observation , and , in fhort , to understand some things that were needful to be understood by a failor : for C 2 as 4 as he took delight to inftruct me , I took OF ROBINSON CRUSOE . 19.
... keep an account of the fhip's courfe , take an observation , and , in fhort , to understand some things that were needful to be understood by a failor : for C 2 as 4 as he took delight to inftruct me , I took OF ROBINSON CRUSOE . 19.
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... observation in 7 degrees 22 min . northern latitude , when a violent tournado or hurricane took us quite out of our knowledge : it began from the fouth - eaft , came about to the north - weft , and then fettled into the north - east ...
... observation in 7 degrees 22 min . northern latitude , when a violent tournado or hurricane took us quite out of our knowledge : it began from the fouth - eaft , came about to the north - weft , and then fettled into the north - east ...
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Page 176 - I went up to a rising ground to look farther; I went up the shore, and down the shore, but it was all one; I could see no other impression but that one. 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 56 - 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...
Page 289 - It was remarkable, too, we had but three subjects, and they were of three different religions. My man Friday was a Protestant, his father was a Pagan and a cannibal, and the Spaniard was a Papist. However, I allowed liberty of conscience throughout my dominions.
Page 176 - 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 179 - ... 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...
Page 56 - what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground. One of those knives is worth all this heap. I have no manner of use for thee. E'en remain where thou art and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving.
Page 244 - ... not very easy to describe. His face was round and plump; his nose small, not flat like the Negroes', a very good mouth, thin lips, and his fine teeth well set, and white as ivory.
Page 182 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 241 - 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 45 - 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...