The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt, Volume 1 |
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Pagina xi
In arguing the subject some years afterwards , De Foe observes with equal
judgment and shrewdness , “ Sometimes I was apt to suggest the following
important trifles , viz . That a prison paid no debts ; that the more a bankrupt spent
, the less ...
In arguing the subject some years afterwards , De Foe observes with equal
judgment and shrewdness , “ Sometimes I was apt to suggest the following
important trifles , viz . That a prison paid no debts ; that the more a bankrupt spent
, the less ...
Pagina cxl
less certain than it is striking ; and however it may be explained , presents a rare
occurrence in the history of literature . As De Foe wrote for the common people ,
who form the most numerous class of readers , he selected his subjects in ...
less certain than it is striking ; and however it may be explained , presents a rare
occurrence in the history of literature . As De Foe wrote for the common people ,
who form the most numerous class of readers , he selected his subjects in ...
Pagina 25
I was satisfied he would have had me in my But I considered how much this
caution and worst circumstances ; as indeed it was less a sur . indifference would
give me the advantage over prise to him , when he learnt the truth , than it him
when ...
I was satisfied he would have had me in my But I considered how much this
caution and worst circumstances ; as indeed it was less a sur . indifference would
give me the advantage over prise to him , when he learnt the truth , than it him
when ...
Pagina 37
My lover had been at the gates of death , at marry again ; so that I had been no
less than a the very brink of eternity ; and it seems had been whore and an
adultress all this while ; I then struck with a due remorse , and with sad reflections
...
My lover had been at the gates of death , at marry again ; so that I had been no
less than a the very brink of eternity ; and it seems had been whore and an
adultress all this while ; I then struck with a due remorse , and with sad reflections
...
Pagina 39
... much less away another of his men , and a little after two treacherous , as in
some such countries is the more . case . ... and being an inand of that they got
pretty considerable . genious , handy sort of a man , in less than half an They
found ...
... much less away another of his men , and a little after two treacherous , as in
some such countries is the more . case . ... and being an inand of that they got
pretty considerable . genious , handy sort of a man , in less than half an They
found ...
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Pagina cxxxi - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, of York, Mariner, who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by Pyrates. Written by himself.
Pagina cxxv - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Pagina clvii - I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Pagina cxxxi - Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself.
Pagina ix - A New Test of the Church of England's Loyalty ; or Whiggish Loyalty and Church Loyalty Compared.
Pagina 10 - I should dream that my money was lost, and start like one frighted; then, finding it fast in my hand, try to go to sleep again, but could not for a long while, then drop and start again. At last a fancy came into my head that if I fell asleep, I should dream of the money, and talk of it in my sleep, and tell that I had money, which if I should do, and one of the rogues should hear me, they would pick it out of my bosom, and of my hand too, without waking me; and after that thought I could not sleep...
Pagina cxxvi - A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, the next day after her death, to one Mrs. Bargrave, at Canterbury, the 8th of September, 1705, which apparition recommends the perusal of Drelincourt's book of ' Consolations against the fears of Death.
Pagina 10 - I came a little way in the lane I found a footpath over the fields, and in those fields several trees for my turn, as I thought At last one tree had a little hole in it, pretty high out of my reach, and I climbed up the tree to get...
Pagina lxxix - States, do hereby constitute and appoint . my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name...
Pagina 70 - this fundamental is most strictly adhered to: there is not a wicked action in any part of it, but is first or last rendered unhappy and unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, but either he is brought to an unhappy end, or brought to be a penitent...