The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16, Part 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English literature |
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... never known a worse . We had a good ship , but she was deep laden , and so wallowed in the sea , that the seamen every now and then cried out , she would founder . It was my advantage , in one respect , that I did not know what they ...
... never known a worse . We had a good ship , but she was deep laden , and so wallowed in the sea , that the seamen every now and then cried out , she would founder . It was my advantage , in one respect , that I did not know what they ...
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... never to go to sea any more ; you ought to take this for a plain and visible token , that you are not to be a sea - faring man . - Why , sir ? said I ; will you go to sea no more ? -That is another case , said he ; it is my calling ...
... never to go to sea any more ; you ought to take this for a plain and visible token , that you are not to be a sea - faring man . - Why , sir ? said I ; will you go to sea no more ? -That is another case , said he ; it is my calling ...
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... never had the least encourag- ing prospect of putting it in practice . After about two years , an odd circumstance pre- sented itself , which put the old thought of making some attempt for my liberty again in my head . My patron lying ...
... never had the least encourag- ing prospect of putting it in practice . After about two years , an odd circumstance pre- sented itself , which put the old thought of making some attempt for my liberty again in my head . My patron lying ...
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... . We went frequently out with this boat a - fishing , and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him , he never went without me . It happened , that he had appointed to go out in this boat , either ROBINSON CRUSOE . 21.
... . We went frequently out with this boat a - fishing , and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him , he never went without me . It happened , that he had appointed to go out in this boat , either ROBINSON CRUSOE . 21.
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... never once go on shore but we should be devoured by savage beasts , or more mer- ciless savages of human kind ? But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening , I changed my course , and steered directly south and by east , bending my ...
... never once go on shore but we should be devoured by savage beasts , or more mer- ciless savages of human kind ? But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening , I changed my course , and steered directly south and by east , bending my ...
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Page 170 - 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. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition.
Page 174 - Upon this, rising cheerfully out of my bed, my heart was not only comforted, but I was guided and encouraged to pray earnestly to God for deliverance. When I had done praying, I took up my Bible, and opening it to read, the first words that presented to me were, " Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and He shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.
Page 174 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 226 - 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 mv slave for ever.
Page 64 - 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.