The Life and Aventures of Robinson Crusoe: To which is Prefixed a Biographical Memoir of Daniel De FoeJames Ballantyne, 1810 |
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... Lisbon , but born of English parents , whose name was Wells , and in much such circumstances as I was . I call him neighbour , because his plantation lay next to mine , and we went on very sociable together . My stock was but low , as ...
... Lisbon , but born of English parents , whose name was Wells , and in much such circumstances as I was . I call him neighbour , because his plantation lay next to mine , and we went on very sociable together . My stock was but low , as ...
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... Lisbon , to such persons as I shall direct , and in such goods as are proper for this country , I will bring you the produce of them , God willing , at my return ; but , since human affairs are all subject to changes and disasters , I ...
... Lisbon , to such persons as I shall direct , and in such goods as are proper for this country , I will bring you the produce of them , God willing , at my return ; but , since human affairs are all subject to changes and disasters , I ...
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... Lisbon , he found means , by some of the English merchants there , to send over , not the or- der only , but a full account of my story , to a mer- chant at London , who represented it effectually to her ; whereupon , she not only ...
... Lisbon , he found means , by some of the English merchants there , to send over , not the or- der only , but a full account of my story , to a mer- chant at London , who represented it effectually to her ; whereupon , she not only ...
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... Lisbon . But as abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity , so was it with me . I went on the next year with great suc- cess in my plantation : I raised fifty great rolls of tobacco on my own ground ...
... Lisbon . But as abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity , so was it with me . I went on the next year with great suc- cess in my plantation : I raised fifty great rolls of tobacco on my own ground ...
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... Lisbon . What little remainder of corn had been in the bag , was all de- voured with the rats , and I saw nothing in the bag but husks and dust ; and being willing to have the bag for some other use , I think it was to put pow- der in ...
... Lisbon . What little remainder of corn had been in the bag , was all de- voured with the rats , and I saw nothing in the bag but husks and dust ; and being willing to have the bag for some other use , I think it was to put pow- der in ...
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Page x - All causes shall give way ; I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Page 247 - 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 69 - I had so much presence of mind as well as breath left, that, seeing myself nearer the main land than I expected, I got upon my feet, and endeavoured to make on towards the land as fast as I could, before another wave should return and take me up again. But I soon found it was impossible to avoid it ; for I saw the sea come after me as high as a great hill, and as furious as an enemy which I had no means or strength to contend with...
Page 79 - However this put me upon rummaging for clothes, of which I found enough, but took no more than I wanted for present use, for I had other things which my eye was more upon...
Page 251 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me. 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...
Page 7 - I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull.
Page 248 - ... as I lived quite on the other side of the island, he would never have been so simple to leave a mark in a place where it was ten thousand to one whether I should ever see it or not, and in the sand too, which the first surge of the sea, upon a high wind, would have defaced entirely.
Page 246 - I came home to my fortification, not feeling, as we say, the ground I went on, but terrified to the last degree, looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.
Page 245 - 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 on the sand.
Page 246 - ... looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man. Nor is it possible to describe how many various shapes affrighted imagination represented things to me in; how many wild ideas were found every moment in my fancy, and what strange unaccountable whimsies came into my thoughts by the way.