The Life and Aventures of Robinson Crusoe: To which is Prefixed a Biographical Memoir of Daniel De Foe, Volume 2James Ballantyne, 1810 |
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... speak ; and he did it so familiarly , and talked so articulately and plain , that it was very pleasant to me ; and he lived with me no less than six - and- twenty years : how long he might live afterwards I knew not ; though I know they ...
... speak ; and he did it so familiarly , and talked so articulately and plain , that it was very pleasant to me ; and he lived with me no less than six - and- twenty years : how long he might live afterwards I knew not ; though I know they ...
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... speak to , and to learn some knowledge from , of the place where I was , and of the probable means of my de- liverance ; I say , I was agitated wholly by these thoughts . All my calm of mind in my resigna- tion to Providence , and ...
... speak to , and to learn some knowledge from , of the place where I was , and of the probable means of my de- liverance ; I say , I was agitated wholly by these thoughts . All my calm of mind in my resigna- tion to Providence , and ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... speak , and understand me when I spake : and he was the aptest scholar that ever was ; and particularly was so merry , so constantly diligent , and so pleased when he could but understand me , or make me understand him , that it was ...
... speak , and understand me when I spake : and he was the aptest scholar that ever was ; and particularly was so merry , so constantly diligent , and so pleased when he could but understand me , or make me understand him , that it was ...
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... speak to it , and talk to it , as if it had answered him , when he was by himself ; which , as I afterwards learnt of him , was to desire it not to kill him . Well : after his astonishment was a little over at this , I pointed to him to ...
... speak to it , and talk to it , as if it had answered him , when he was by himself ; which , as I afterwards learnt of him , was to desire it not to kill him . Well : after his astonishment was a little over at this , I pointed to him to ...
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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.