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... danger of arrest kept him in his house every day except Sunday , when he did go out , he was al- ways elegantly , if not ostentatiously , dressed - so much so , that he became famous as " the Sunday gentleman . " Here we have an early ...
... danger of arrest kept him in his house every day except Sunday , when he did go out , he was al- ways elegantly , if not ostentatiously , dressed - so much so , that he became famous as " the Sunday gentleman . " Here we have an early ...
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... danger and the mercy . The sixth day of our being at sea we came into Yarmouth roads ; the wind having been contrary and the weather calm , we had made but little way since the storm . Here we were obliged to come to an anchor , and ...
... danger and the mercy . The sixth day of our being at sea we came into Yarmouth roads ; the wind having been contrary and the weather calm , we had made but little way since the storm . Here we were obliged to come to an anchor , and ...
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... danger , for the wind began to blow pretty fresh in the morning ; but particularly we were all very hungry . But our patron , warned by this disaster , resolved to take more care of himself for the future ; and hav- ing lying by him the ...
... danger , for the wind began to blow pretty fresh in the morning ; but particularly we were all very hungry . But our patron , warned by this disaster , resolved to take more care of himself for the future ; and hav- ing lying by him the ...
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... danger of it . Be that as it would , we were obliged to go on shore somewhere or other for water , for we had not a pint left in the boat ; when or where to get to it , was the point . Xury said if I would let him go on shore with one ...
... danger of it . Be that as it would , we were obliged to go on shore somewhere or other for water , for we had not a pint left in the boat ; when or where to get to it , was the point . Xury said if I would let him go on shore with one ...
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... danger of being devoured by savages than ever returning to our own country . In this distress , the wind still blowing very hard , one of our men early in the morning cried out , " Land ! " and we had no sooner ran out of the cabin to ...
... danger of being devoured by savages than ever returning to our own country . In this distress , the wind still blowing very hard , one of our men early in the morning cried out , " Land ! " and we had no sooner ran out of the cabin to ...
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Página 142 - I was removed from all the wickedness of the world here. I had neither the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life. I had nothing to covet, for I had all that I was now capable of enjoying. I was lord of the whole manor ; or, if I pleased, I might call myself king or emperor over the whole country which I had possession of.
Página 172 - 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. Nor is it possible to describe how many various shapes...
Página 56 - My next work was to view the country and seek a proper place for my habitation, and where to stow my goods to secure them from whatever might happen. Where I was, I yet knew not ; whether on the continent, or on an island ; whether inhabited, or not inhabited ; whether in danger of wild beasts, or not. There was a hill, not above a mile from me, which rose up very steep and high, and which seemed to overtop some other hills, which lay as in a ridge from it, northward.
Página 48 - I stood still a few moments to recover breath and till the water went from. me, and then took to my heels and ran, with what strength I had, farther towards the shore. But neither would this deliver me from the fury of the sea, which came pouring in after me again ; and twice more I was lifted up by the waves and carried forward as before, the shore being very flat.
Página 53 - ... strong enough to bear any reasonable weight. My next care was what to load it with, and how to preserve what I laid upon it from the surf of the sea; but I was not long considering this.
Página 49 - 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 saved but myself; for, as for them, I never saw them afterwards, or any signs of them, except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes, that were not fellows.
Página 224 - I observed that the two who swam were yet more than twice as long swimming over the creek as the fellow was that fled from them. It came now very warmly upon my thoughts, and indeed irresistibly, that now was my time to get me a servant, and perhaps a companion, or assistant...
Página 170 - 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.
Página 74 - I had everything so ready at my hand, that it was a great pleasure to me to see all my goods in such order, and especially to find my stock of all necessaries so great. And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day's employment ; for indeed at first I was in too much...
Página 172 - 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...