The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe: With a Biographical Memoir of the Author, Literary Prefaces to the Various Pieces, Illustrative Notes, Etc. Including All Contained in the Ed, Volume 1D.A. Talboys, 1840 |
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Page 26
... canoes , and destroy us ; where we could never once go on shore , but we should be devoured by savage beasts , or more merciless savages of human kind ? But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening , I changed my course , and steered ...
... canoes , and destroy us ; where we could never once go on shore , but we should be devoured by savage beasts , or more merciless savages of human kind ? But as soon as it grew dusk in the evening , I changed my course , and steered ...
Page 29
... canoes with savages down the river : but the boy , seeing a low piece about a mile up the country , rambled to it ; and by and by I saw him come running towards me . I thought he was pursued by some savage , or frighted with some wild ...
... canoes with savages down the river : but the boy , seeing a low piece about a mile up the country , rambled to it ; and by and by I saw him come running towards me . I thought he was pursued by some savage , or frighted with some wild ...
Page 145
... canoes . After this , I made a great heavy pestle , or beater , of the wood called the iron - wood , and this I prepared and laid by against I had my next crop of corn , when I proposed to my- self to grind , or rather pound , my corn ...
... canoes . After this , I made a great heavy pestle , or beater , of the wood called the iron - wood , and this I prepared and laid by against I had my next crop of corn , when I proposed to my- self to grind , or rather pound , my corn ...
Page 149
... canoe or periagua , such as the natives of those climates make , even without tools , or , as I might say , without hands , viz . of the trunk of a great tree . This I not only thought possible , but easy ; and pleased myself ex ...
... canoe or periagua , such as the natives of those climates make , even without tools , or , as I might say , without hands , viz . of the trunk of a great tree . This I not only thought possible , but easy ; and pleased myself ex ...
Page 151
... canoe or periagua , that was made of one tree , in my life ; many a weary stroke it had cost , you may be sure , for ... canoe , than I could the other boat . Then I measured the distance of ground , and re- solved to cut a dock , or ...
... canoe or periagua , that was made of one tree , in my life ; many a weary stroke it had cost , you may be sure , for ... canoe , than I could the other boat . Then I measured the distance of ground , and re- solved to cut a dock , or ...
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