The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Volume 1W. Lane, 1790 |
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... most suited to hu- man happiness , not exposed to the miseries and hard- ships , the labour and sufferings of the mechanic part of mankind , and not embarrassed with the pride , lux- ury , ambition , and envy of the upper part of man- A ...
... most suited to hu- man happiness , not exposed to the miseries and hard- ships , the labour and sufferings of the mechanic part of mankind , and not embarrassed with the pride , lux- ury , ambition , and envy of the upper part of man- A ...
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... most af- fectionate manner , not to play the young man , or to precipitate myself into miseries , which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no necessity of seeking my bread ...
... most af- fectionate manner , not to play the young man , or to precipitate myself into miseries , which nature , and the station of life I was born in , seemed to have provided against ; that I was under no necessity of seeking my bread ...
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... most delightful that ever I faw . I had flept well in the night , and was no more fea - fick , but very chearful ; looking with wonder upon the fea , that was so rough and terrible the day before , and could be so calm and so pleasant ...
... most delightful that ever I faw . I had flept well in the night , and was no more fea - fick , but very chearful ; looking with wonder upon the fea , that was so rough and terrible the day before , and could be so calm and so pleasant ...
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... most hardened wretch among us would confess both the danger and the mercy . The fixth day of our being at sea , we came into Yar- mouth roads ; the wind having been contrary , and the weather calm , we had made but little way fince the ...
... most hardened wretch among us would confess both the danger and the mercy . The fixth day of our being at sea , we came into Yar- mouth roads ; the wind having been contrary , and the weather calm , we had made but little way fince the ...
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... most unfortunate of all enterprises to my view ; and I went on board a vessel bound to the coast of Africa , or , as our failors vulgarly call it , a voyage to Guinea . It was my great misfortune , that in all these adven- tures I did ...
... most unfortunate of all enterprises to my view ; and I went on board a vessel bound to the coast of Africa , or , as our failors vulgarly call it , a voyage to Guinea . It was my great misfortune , that in all these adven- tures I did ...
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Page 145 - 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...
Page 54 - However, upon second thoughts, I took it away, and wrapping all this in a piece of canvas, I began to think of making another raft. But while I was preparing...
Page 5 - 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 54 - what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground.
Page 64 - I had never handled a tool in my life, and yet in time by labour, application, and contrivance, I found at last that I wanted nothing but I could have made it, especially if I had had tools...
Page 186 - I could think of; and he came nearer and nearer, kneeling down every ten or twelve steps, in token of acknowledgment for my saving his life. I smiled at him, and looked pleasantly, and beckoned to him to come still nearer. At length he came close to me, and then he kneeled down again, kissed the ground, and laid his head upon the ground, and taking me by the foot, set my foot upon his head. This, it seems, was in token of swearing to be my slave for ever.
Page 191 - I likewise taught him to say Master, and then let him know that was to be my name ; I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them.
Page 42 - 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 191 - 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.
Page 42 - ... went back, and left me upon the land almost dry, but half dead with the water I took in. I had so much presence of mind, as well as breath left, that seeing...