The Life and Aventures of Robinson Crusoe: To which is Prefixed a Biographical Memoir of Daniel De Foe, Volume 2James Ballantyne, 1810 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 13
... providence of God casts us into any condition of life so low , or any misery so great , but we may see something or other to be thankful for , and may see others in worse circumstances than our own . Such certainly was the case of these ...
... providence of God casts us into any condition of life so low , or any misery so great , but we may see something or other to be thankful for , and may see others in worse circumstances than our own . Such certainly was the case of these ...
Page 16
... providence , I thought the impression was so strong upon my mind , that it could not be re- sisted , that it must come from some invisible direc- tion , and that I should be wanting to myself if I did not go . Under the power of this ...
... providence , I thought the impression was so strong upon my mind , that it could not be re- sisted , that it must come from some invisible direc- tion , and that I should be wanting to myself if I did not go . Under the power of this ...
Page 25
... Providence , which so happily had seated me at the Brazils as a planter , blessed me with confined desires , and could I have been contented to have gone on gradually , I might have been by this time , I mean in the time of my being on ...
... Providence , which so happily had seated me at the Brazils as a planter , blessed me with confined desires , and could I have been contented to have gone on gradually , I might have been by this time , I mean in the time of my being on ...
Page 28
... Providence is , which has settled in its government of mankind such narrow bounds to his sight and knowledge of things ; and though he walks in the midst of so many thousand dangers , the sight of which , if discovered to him , would ...
... Providence is , which has settled in its government of mankind such narrow bounds to his sight and knowledge of things ; and though he walks in the midst of so many thousand dangers , the sight of which , if discovered to him , would ...
Page 30
... Providence , and waiting the issue of the dis- positions of Heaven , seemed to be suspended ; and I had , as it were , no power to turn my thoughts to any thing but the project of a voyage to 30 O THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES.
... Providence , and waiting the issue of the dis- positions of Heaven , seemed to be suspended ; and I had , as it were , no power to turn my thoughts to any thing but the project of a voyage to 30 O THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards arms asked bade began boat boatswain Brazils bread brought called canoes captain carry cave charter-party corn creek dead deliverance devoured dram English Englishmen escape fellow fetch fire five four muskets Friday Friday's father frighted gave give gone governor hallooed hands heard island killed kind knew land Lisbon little creek lived looked mate mean mind moidores murder muskets never night noise occasion parley perceived pieces pieces of eight pinnace pistol plantation planted poor creatures Portugal Portuguese presently prisoners Providence resolved rest sail savages Savages land saved seems sent shewed ship shoot shore shot side sight soon Spaniards starved stood sure surprised sword tell thing thither thought three muskets tion told Tom Smith took tree voyage wind wolves wood word wounded
Popular passages
Page 42 - His hair was long and black, not curled like wool; his forehead very high and large, and a great vivacity and sparkling sharpness in his eyes. The colour of his skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brazilians and Virginians, and other natives of America are; but of a bright kind of a dun olive colour, that had in it something very agreeable, though not very easy to describe. His face was round and plump; his nose small, not flat like the negroes;...
Page 211 - ... and the men of labour spent their strength in daily strugglings for bread to maintain the vital strength they laboured with ; so living in a daily circulation of sorrow, living but to work, and working but to live, as if daily bread were the only end of wearisome life, and a wearisome life the only occasion of daily bread.
Page 43 - I was very well pleased with him. In a little time I began to speak to him, and teach him to speak to me ; and first, I made him know his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life ; and I called him so for the memory of the time; I likewise taught him to say Master, and then let him know that was to be my name ; I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them.