...that Gulliver 'starts like a novel' (Turner, p. xv); it certainly starts like Crusoe: I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country; my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen, who first settled at Hull . . . (Crusoe,...

...and auxiliaries, in the following. There are ten in all, including some repetitions. 1 / was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family,...and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York. 2 I was born in 1927, the only child of middle-class parents, both English, and themselves born in...

...Steensen Blicher: »En Landsbydegns Dagbog« (1824), udg. af P. Brask, 1982, p. 9. 3. »I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family [...]«, D. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe (1719), udg. efter originaludg. af G. Pocock, NY 1973, p. 5. 4....

...and retold versions, illustrates the ruthlessness and creativity of many publishers. I Was born in the year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country, my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull: He got...

...cteativity of many publishers. I Was born in the yeat 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country, my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen, who serrled first at Hull: He eot a good Esrare by Merchandise, and leaving off his Trade, O yJ / O lived...

...ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, &c. I Was born in the Year i63a, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country, my Father being a Foreigner of...Estate by Merchandise, and leaving off his Trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my Mother, whose Relations were named Robinson, a very...

...Robinson Crusoe begins with a short and problematic synopsis of the narrator's family past: I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York, of a good Family, tho' not of that Country, my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull: He got...

...into history, is his name: I was born in the year 1631, in the City of York, of a good family, tho" not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull . . . afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson,...

...intended for Bristol. lt was paid for by public subscription. *? RuMn.siu1 OMMV begins: 'l was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, tho' not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, w ho settled first at Hull. . . and...

...military might? I think not. — Letter to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 8, 1990 4. I was born in the year 1632, in the City of York, of a good family,...estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very...