The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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... creatures , and fowls of all other sorts , of which there is abundance . We found the natives did not disturb or concern themselves much about us ; nor did they inquire or perhaps know whether we stayed among them or not , much less ...
... creatures , and fowls of all other sorts , of which there is abundance . We found the natives did not disturb or concern themselves much about us ; nor did they inquire or perhaps know whether we stayed among them or not , much less ...
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... creatures scarce human , or capable of being made sociable on any account whatsoever . We found the place full of cattle and provisions : but whether we might venture to take them where we could find them , or not , we did not know ...
... creatures scarce human , or capable of being made sociable on any account whatsoever . We found the place full of cattle and provisions : but whether we might venture to take them where we could find them , or not , we did not know ...
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... creatures as dangerous , and perhaps worse , as we afterwards found by our own experience . We had many adventures in the woods for our provisions , and often met with wild and terrible beasts , which we could not call by their names ...
... creatures as dangerous , and perhaps worse , as we afterwards found by our own experience . We had many adventures in the woods for our provisions , and often met with wild and terrible beasts , which we could not call by their names ...
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... creatures , they laughed , and let us know they would do us no hurt , and directed us to a good way indeed to deal with them , and that was to make some fire , which would always fright them away ; and so indeed we found it . Upon these ...
... creatures , they laughed , and let us know they would do us no hurt , and directed us to a good way indeed to deal with them , and that was to make some fire , which would always fright them away ; and so indeed we found it . Upon these ...
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... creatures swimming very high and strong in the water . But we understood nothing of the management or guiding such a creature , or how to bind a burthen upon them , and this last part of our consultation puzzled us extremely : at last I ...
... creatures swimming very high and strong in the water . But we understood nothing of the management or guiding such a creature , or how to bind a burthen upon them , and this last part of our consultation puzzled us extremely : at last I ...
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