...seamen who eventually come under his civil authority: My island was now peopled, and I thought my self very rich in Subjects; and it was a merry Reflection which I frequently made, How like a King I look'd. First of all, the whole Country was my own meer Property; so that I had an undoubted Right...

...Ibid., 179. addition of a group of stranded Spaniards to his labor force moved the castaway to rhapsody: My Island was now peopled, and I thought myself very...reflection which I frequently made, how like a King I look'd. First of all, the whole country was my own mere property; so that I had an undoubted right...

...to lye on, and another to cover them on each Bed. iVly Island was now peopled, and I thought my self very rich in Subjects; and it was a merry Reflection which I frequently made, How like a King I look'd. First of all, the whole Country was my own meer1 Property; so that I had an undoubted Right...

...populous and multilingual final years of his "captivity" he is amused but also satisfied to consider "how like a king I looked. First of all, the whole...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...

...artifacts of the region presented in this work. III My Island was now peopled, and I thought my self very rich in Subjects; and it was a merry Reflection which I frequently made, How like a King I look'd. —Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe'' The true symbol of the British conquest is in Robinson Crusoe....

...conferred enormous power on Crusoe. He was now absolute sovereign of a territory and of other human beings: My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very...looked. First of all, the whole country was my own property; so that I had an undoubted right of dominion. Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected:...

...thinks of himself as a ruler. At last, with his rescue of the Spaniards and Friday's father, he says, "My island was now peopled and I thought myself very...which I frequently made, How like a King I looked." He thinks of himself as an absolute ruler, even a despot, but a benevolent one. Whenever the subject...

...first nation to have embraced religious toleration - a fact that became a matter of national pride. 'My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very...which I frequently made, how like a king I looked,' remarked Defoe's castaway hero, Robinson Crusoe; 'we had but three subjects, and they were of different...

...and to run upon our Destruction by our own Choice My Island was now peopled, and I thought my self very rich in Subjects; and it was a merry Reflection which I frequently made, How like a King I look'd. First of all, the whole Country was my own meer Property; so that I had an undoubted Right...

...that he could, until then, only nominally claim. ^ My Island was now peopled, and I thought my self very rich in Subjects; and it was a merry Reflection which I frequently made. How like a King I look'd. First of ail, the whole Country was my own meer property; so that 1 had an Undoubted Right...