The household Robinson Crusoe. The life and ... adventures of Robinson Crusoe, written by himself, illustr. with engr. by K. Halswelle1871 |
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... afterwards improved to the uttermost the scanty leisure of a busy life , is abundantly proved by the variety and erudition of his writings . Soon after he had completed his education , he was placed in the ware- house of a wholesale ...
... afterwards improved to the uttermost the scanty leisure of a busy life , is abundantly proved by the variety and erudition of his writings . Soon after he had completed his education , he was placed in the ware- house of a wholesale ...
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... afterwards removed to the neighbourhood of Mickleham , “ the Happy Valley , " as it has not unjustly been called , in allusion to the rich and cultivated loveliness of its landscapes . In 1689 and 1690 we hear but little of De Foe ...
... afterwards removed to the neighbourhood of Mickleham , “ the Happy Valley , " as it has not unjustly been called , in allusion to the rich and cultivated loveliness of its landscapes . In 1689 and 1690 we hear but little of De Foe ...
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... afterwards , when misfortune overtook some of these more lenient creditors , De Foe , whom King William's favour had meanwhile raised to a position of comparative afflu- ence , voluntarily paid the whole amount of their claims . While ...
... afterwards , when misfortune overtook some of these more lenient creditors , De Foe , whom King William's favour had meanwhile raised to a position of comparative afflu- ence , voluntarily paid the whole amount of their claims . While ...
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... afterwards secured the fame of " Robinson Crusoe is visible on every page . " " Of all the fictions , says an able writer , † which De Foe has succeeded in palming off as truths , none is more instructive than that admirable ghost , Mrs ...
... afterwards secured the fame of " Robinson Crusoe is visible on every page . " " Of all the fictions , says an able writer , † which De Foe has succeeded in palming off as truths , none is more instructive than that admirable ghost , Mrs ...
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... afterwards , and written with unusual care . In 1708 Harley was dismissed from the Cabinet ; but as Godolphin con- tinued in it , De Foe did not cease to give it his active support , though he deeply felt the unmerited disgrace in which ...
... afterwards , and written with unusual care . In 1708 Harley was dismissed from the Cabinet ; but as Godolphin con- tinued in it , De Foe did not cease to give it his active support , though he deeply felt the unmerited disgrace in which ...
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Page 202 - 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 in the sand...
Page 51 - 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 252 - I called him so for the memory of the time. I likewise taught him to say Master, and then let him know that was to be my name.
Page 203 - 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 called a door, I cannot remember: no, nor could I remember the next morning; for never frighted hare fled to cover, or fox to earth, with more terror of mind than I to this retreat.
Page 284 - Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected, — I was absolute lord and lawgiver; they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been occasion of it, for me.
Page 52 - He got a good estate by merchandise, and, leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York; from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer ; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called, nay, we call ourselves, and write our name, Crusoe ; and so my companions always called me.
Page 356 - ... and the men .of labour spent their strength in daily strugglings for bread to maintain the vital strength they laboured with; so living in a daily circulation of sorrow, living but to work, and working but to live, as if daily bread were the only end of a wearisome life, and a wearisome life the only occasion of daily bread.
Page 119 - 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.