The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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... poor boy , if I minded my book , and served God , I might make a good man . I believe I was frequently removed from one town to another , perhaps as the parishes disputed my supposed mother's last settlement . Whether I was so shifted ...
... poor boy , if I minded my book , and served God , I might make a good man . I believe I was frequently removed from one town to another , perhaps as the parishes disputed my supposed mother's last settlement . Whether I was so shifted ...
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... poor boy taken up in charity , as you have heard , and used like a slave , and in the worst manner of a slave , by my cruel master the pilot . It will be easy to imagine we four , that were left at first , were joyful , nay , even ...
... poor boy taken up in charity , as you have heard , and used like a slave , and in the worst manner of a slave , by my cruel master the pilot . It will be easy to imagine we four , that were left at first , were joyful , nay , even ...
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... his ingenuity ; and , having another meeting with the natives , were surprised to see the folly of the poor people . For a little bit of silver cut out in the shape of a bird , we had two cows , and , which was our loss , if it had been in.
... his ingenuity ; and , having another meeting with the natives , were surprised to see the folly of the poor people . For a little bit of silver cut out in the shape of a bird , we had two cows , and , which was our loss , if it had been in.
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... poor sorry things . Their sail was made of a large mat , only one that was of a piece of cotton stuff , fit for little , and their ropes were twisted flags of no strength ; so we concluded we were better as we were , and let them alone ...
... poor sorry things . Their sail was made of a large mat , only one that was of a piece of cotton stuff , fit for little , and their ropes were twisted flags of no strength ; so we concluded we were better as we were , and let them alone ...
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... poor wretch good words , that is to say , I spoke to him as well as I could , by signs , to make him understand that we would make him well again . This created a new awe in their minds of us , believing , that , as we could kill at a ...
... poor wretch good words , that is to say , I spoke to him as well as I could , by signs , to make him understand that we would make him well again . This created a new awe in their minds of us , believing , that , as we could kill at a ...
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