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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... length into the sea , at about the distance of four or five leagues before me ; and the sea being very calm , I kept a large offing to make this point . At length , doubling the point , at about two leagues from the land , I saw plainly ...
... length into the sea , at about the distance of four or five leagues before me ; and the sea being very calm , I kept a large offing to make this point . At length , doubling the point , at about two leagues from the land , I saw plainly ...
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... length found myself in the mouth of a little river , with land on both sides , and a strong current of tide running up . I looked on both sides for a proper place to get to shore , for I was not willing to be driven too high up the ...
... length found myself in the mouth of a little river , with land on both sides , and a strong current of tide running up . I looked on both sides for a proper place to get to shore , for I was not willing to be driven too high up the ...
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... length , I. Dec. 25. - Rain all day . Dec. 23. — No rain , and the earth much cooler than before and pleasanter . Dec. 27. - Killed a young goat , and lamed another so that I caught it and led it home in a string ; when I had it at home ...
... length , I. Dec. 25. - Rain all day . Dec. 23. — No rain , and the earth much cooler than before and pleasanter . Dec. 27. - Killed a young goat , and lamed another so that I caught it and led it home in a string ; when I had it at home ...
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... length I found out an experiment for that also , which was this : I made some carthen vessels very broad but not deep , that is to say , about two feet diameter , and not above nine inches deep . These I burned in the fire , as I had ...
... length I found out an experiment for that also , which was this : I made some carthen vessels very broad but not deep , that is to say , about two feet diameter , and not above nine inches deep . These I burned in the fire , as I had ...
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... length , I resolved to try a pitfall : so I dug several large pits in the earth , in places where I had observed placed the goats used to feed , and over those pits hurdles , of my own making too , with a great weight up- on them ; and ...
... length , I resolved to try a pitfall : so I dug several large pits in the earth , in places where I had observed placed the goats used to feed , and over those pits hurdles , of my own making too , with a great weight up- on them ; and ...
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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.