The Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeDonohue, Henneberry & Company, 1896 - 246 páginas |
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Página 240 - Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age. And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. 246 Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd.
Página 141 - 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...
Página 239 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Página 44 - I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped 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 sign of them, except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes that were not fellows.
Página 143 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Página 179 - ... 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 white as ivory.
Página 175 - I perceived presently he had a bow and arrow, and was fitting it to shoot at me ; so I was then necessitated to shoot at him first ; which I did, and killed him at the first shot.
Página 50 - 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 130 - I had used to talk to him, and teach him; and he had learned it so perfectly that he would sit upon my finger, and lay his bill close to my face, and cry, "Poor Robin Crusoe! Where are you? Where have you been? How come you here?