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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... ostriches - An ostrich slain - We discover the nest - A mud tortoise - We encounter bears - A desperate fight - Back again to camp - We skin the bears and smoke their flesh - Pepper found - Three of the boys start on an expe- dition - I ...
... ostriches - An ostrich slain - We discover the nest - A mud tortoise - We encounter bears - A desperate fight - Back again to camp - We skin the bears and smoke their flesh - Pepper found - Three of the boys start on an expe- dition - I ...
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... ostriches . This is fortunate indeed ! " I exclaimed ; " we must try to secure one of these magnificent birds ; the feathers alone are worth having . " " A live ostrich , father ! that would be splendid . Why , we might ride upon him ...
... ostriches . This is fortunate indeed ! " I exclaimed ; " we must try to secure one of these magnificent birds ; the feathers alone are worth having . " " A live ostrich , father ! that would be splendid . Why , we might ride upon him ...
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... ostrich eggs we also left behind us , hidden in a sandy hole . By sunset we reached the tent , and joyfully rejoined the mother and Franz , right glad to find a hearty meal pre- pared for us , as well as a large heap of brushwood for ...
... ostrich eggs we also left behind us , hidden in a sandy hole . By sunset we reached the tent , and joyfully rejoined the mother and Franz , right glad to find a hearty meal pre- pared for us , as well as a large heap of brushwood for ...
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... ostrich training - My patent saddle and bridle - I exercise my ingenuity in various trades . As evening approached , the bears ' - paws , which were stewing for supper , sent forth savoury odours ; and we sat talking round the fire ...
... ostrich training - My patent saddle and bridle - I exercise my ingenuity in various trades . As evening approached , the bears ' - paws , which were stewing for supper , sent forth savoury odours ; and we sat talking round the fire ...
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... ostrich's eggs , and the taming of the captives . As agriculture was , though the least to our taste , the most important of these several duties , we set about it first . The animals drew the plough , but the digging and hoeing taxed ...
... ostrich's eggs , and the taming of the captives . As agriculture was , though the least to our taste , the most important of these several duties , we set about it first . The animals drew the plough , but the digging and hoeing taxed ...
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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.