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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... seemed to be something fatal in that propen- sity of nature , tending directly to the life of misery which was to befall me . He bade me observe it , and I should always find , that the calamities of life were shared among the upper My ...
... seemed to be something fatal in that propen- sity of nature , tending directly to the life of misery which was to befall me . He bade me observe it , and I should always find , that the calamities of life were shared among the upper My ...
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... seemed to overtop some other hills , Contented with this discovery , I came back to my raft , and fell to work to bring my cargo on shore , which took me up the rest of that day . What to do with myself at night I knew not , nor indeed ...
... seemed to overtop some other hills , Contented with this discovery , I came back to my raft , and fell to work to bring my cargo on shore , which took me up the rest of that day . What to do with myself at night I knew not , nor indeed ...
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... seemed to lie higher out of the water than it used to do . I examined the barrel which was driven on shore , and soon found it was a barrel of gunpowder ; but it had taken water , and the powder was caked as hard as a stone : however ...
... seemed to lie higher out of the water than it used to do . I examined the barrel which was driven on shore , and soon found it was a barrel of gunpowder ; but it had taken water , and the powder was caked as hard as a stone : however ...
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... seemed inconsistent with the thing itself , and with all the notions we usually entertain of the subtilty of the devil . Adjoining to this , I had my inclosures for my cattle , that is to say , my goats , and I had taken an inconceiv ...
... seemed inconsistent with the thing itself , and with all the notions we usually entertain of the subtilty of the devil . Adjoining to this , I had my inclosures for my cattle , that is to say , my goats , and I had taken an inconceiv ...
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... seemed , excepting these cautions , to be reduced to my former calm , sedate way of living . All these things tended to show me , more and more , how far my con- dition was from being miserable , compared to some others ; nay , to many ...
... seemed , excepting these cautions , to be reduced to my former calm , sedate way of living . All these things tended to show me , more and more , how far my con- dition was from being miserable , compared to some others ; nay , to many ...
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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.