The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 7Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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... manner . It was Defoe himself who first called the attention of the legislature to the intolerable abuses which arose from those sanctuaries , as they were termed , for criminals and debtors , which then existed in the metropolis ; and ...
... manner . It was Defoe himself who first called the attention of the legislature to the intolerable abuses which arose from those sanctuaries , as they were termed , for criminals and debtors , which then existed in the metropolis ; and ...
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... manner our author's " History of the Plague " imposed upon Dr. Mead , and since upon others , who have referred to it as an authentic document , and a true recital of that great national calamity . Here he is the rival of Thucydides and ...
... manner our author's " History of the Plague " imposed upon Dr. Mead , and since upon others , who have referred to it as an authentic document , and a true recital of that great national calamity . Here he is the rival of Thucydides and ...
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... manner , not to play the young man , nor 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 ; that he would do ...
... manner , not to play the young man , nor 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 ; that he would do ...
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... manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most inexpressibly sick in body , and terrified in mind : I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judg- ment of Heaven , for ...
... manner ; and as I had never been at sea before , I was most inexpressibly sick in body , and terrified in mind : I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judg- ment of Heaven , for ...
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... manner of the sea . But the eighth day , in the morning , the wind increased , and we had all hands at work to strike our topmasts , and make everything snug and close , that the ship might ride as easy as possible . By noon the sea ...
... manner of the sea . But the eighth day , in the morning , the wind increased , and we had all hands at work to strike our topmasts , and make everything snug and close , that the ship might ride as easy as possible . By noon the sea ...
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Page 184 - 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 34 - I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance, making a thousand gestures and motions which I cannot describe, reflecting upon all my comrades that were drowned, and that there should not be one soul...
Page 43 - what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground. One of those knives is worth all this heap. I have no manner of use for thee. E'en remain where thou art and go to the bottom as a creature whose life is not worth saving.
Page 112 - It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There was my Majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island. I had the lives of all my subjects at my absolute command — I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away; and no rebels among all my subjects.
Page 157 - ... not very easy to describe. His face was round and plump ; his nose small, not flat like the Negroes ; a very good mouth, thin lips, and his fine teeth well set, and as white as ivory.
Page 117 - It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen on the sand.
Page 155 - 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 forever.
Page 117 - 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 - - \ tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man.