...moreover, gives great reality to the characters. " I was born in the year 1632," says an old friend, " in the city of York, of a good family, though not...estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good...

...dinwl. too, all alone, attended by my Bewanta." — I'. 119. LIFE AND ADVENTUKES 0» ROBINSON CRUSOE. I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of...estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York ; from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very...

...personation from one who had gone before him. In 1719 a book was published, which thus commences : " I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that county, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandize,...

...Thomas would have you see reality as a dream, Defoe a dream as a reality. Here is Defoe at his best: ' I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of...Foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull . . .' He runs on with his particularities : his mother's name Robinson, his father's Kreutznaer, and so on....

...crept into it from the imperfect typography of the period. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES ROBINSON CRUSOE. WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of...had married my mother, whose relations were named Eobinson, a very good family in that country, - and from whom I was called Eobinson Kreutznaer ; but...

...a boat—Is advised not to go to sea again, but is unwilling to return home, and travels to London. WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of...estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York; from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very...

...thoroughly illustrating the text. SECTION I. ROBJNSON's FAMILY, ETC. — HIS ELOFEMENT FROM HIS FARENTS. I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of...that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, named Kreutznaer, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his...

...service in the publication. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES ROBINSON CRUSOE, • s WAS born in the year 1632, ,i in the city of York, of a good family, though not...estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York ; from whence he had £&'« married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson,...

...THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES ROBINSON CEUSOE. WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a ijood family, though not of that country, my father being...estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived after*^H^i"^ wards at York; from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Kobinson,...

...proprietor intending to prosecute the venders according to law. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of...being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hall. He got a good estate by merchandise, and, leaving off his trade, fived afterwards at York ; from...