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... land more at heart than those of England . Ac- cordingly , he and his Dutch friends were variously lampooned , especially in a pamphlet in verse pub- lished on the first of August , 1700 , entitled The Foreigners , which taxed them with ...
... land more at heart than those of England . Ac- cordingly , he and his Dutch friends were variously lampooned , especially in a pamphlet in verse pub- lished on the first of August , 1700 , entitled The Foreigners , which taxed them with ...
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... lands which few white people have seen . There is no reason to suppose that this fondness for reading of adventure is not a permanent attribute of the human race . Now in Defoe's stories , adventures follow one another with that quick ...
... lands which few white people have seen . There is no reason to suppose that this fondness for reading of adventure is not a permanent attribute of the human race . Now in Defoe's stories , adventures follow one another with that quick ...
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... land again , I would go directly home to my father , and never set it into a ship again while I lived ; that I would take his advice , and never run myself into such miseries as these any more . Now I saw plainly the goodness of his ...
... land again , I would go directly home to my father , and never set it into a ship again while I lived ; that I would take his advice , and never run myself into such miseries as these any more . Now I saw plainly the goodness of his ...
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... land broke off a little the violence of the wind . Here we got in , and though not without much difficulty got all safe on shore , and walked afterwards on foot to Yarmouth , where , as unfor- tunate men , we were used with great ...
... land broke off a little the violence of the wind . Here we got in , and though not without much difficulty got all safe on shore , and walked afterwards on foot to Yarmouth , where , as unfor- tunate men , we were used with great ...
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... land ; and there , as well as on the road , had many struggles with myself what course of life I should take , and whether I should go home , or go to sea . As to going home , shame opposed the best motions that offered to my thoughts ...
... land ; and there , as well as on the road , had many struggles with myself what course of life I should take , and whether I should go home , or go to sea . As to going home , shame opposed the best motions that offered to my thoughts ...
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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...