Robinson Crusoe [by D. Defoe. Pt. 1,2] The Swiss family Robinson [by J.D. Wyss] and Sandford & Merton [by T. Day] in one volume1883 |
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... bird which I saw sitting upon a tree on the side of a great wood . I believe it was the first gun that had been fired there since the creation of the world . I had no sooner fired , than from all parts of the wood there arose an ...
... bird which I saw sitting upon a tree on the side of a great wood . I believe it was the first gun that had been fired there since the creation of the world . I had no sooner fired , than from all parts of the wood there arose an ...
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... bird that was good to eat , but I knew not what to call it . Nov. 17. - This day I began to dig behind my tent into the rock , to make room for my further conveniency . Note . - Three things I wanted exceedingly for this work ; viz . a ...
... bird that was good to eat , but I knew not what to call it . Nov. 17. - This day I began to dig behind my tent into the rock , to make room for my further conveniency . Note . - Three things I wanted exceedingly for this work ; viz . a ...
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... bird near the place as long as my scarecrows hung ing the heat of the climate , I did not doubt but if I ... birds were as likely to ruin me now , when it was in the ear ; for going along by the place to see how it throve , I ...
... bird near the place as long as my scarecrows hung ing the heat of the climate , I did not doubt but if I ... birds were as likely to ruin me now , when it was in the ear ; for going along by the place to see how it throve , I ...
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... bird ; accordingly , I fired , and bade him look , and immediately he saw the parrot fall . He stood like one frightened again , notwithstand- ing all I had said to him ; and I found he was the more amazed , because he did not see me ...
... bird ; accordingly , I fired , and bade him look , and immediately he saw the parrot fall . He stood like one frightened again , notwithstand- ing all I had said to him ; and I found he was the more amazed , because he did not see me ...
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... birds are flown . " They mused awhile , to think what should be the occasion of their being gone abroad so soon , and suggested presently that the Spaniards had given them notice of it ; and with that they shook hands and swore to one ...
... birds are flown . " They mused awhile , to think what should be the occasion of their being gone abroad so soon , and suggested presently that the Spaniards had given them notice of it ; and with that they shook hands and swore to one ...
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Page 36 - My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects ; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked.
Page 23 - 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 8 - Now I wanted nothing but a boat to furnish myself with many things which I foresaw would be very necessary to me. It was in vain to sit still and wish for what was not to be had, and this extremity roused my application.
Page 31 - 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.
Page 23 - I could hear nothing, nor see anything. 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.
Page 23 - 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 contrived, or went in at the hole in the rock, which I...
Page 31 - ... gestures to show it. At last, he lays his head flat upon the ground, close to my foot, and sets my other foot upon his head, as he had done before; and after this made all the signs to me of subjection, servitude, and submission imaginable, to let me know how he would serve me as long as he lived.