The Works of Daniel Defoe ...Chesterfield society, 1903 |
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... side the grave . But my sage counsellor was gone ; I was like a ship without a pilot , that could only run afore the wind . My thoughts ran all away again into the old affair ; my head was quite turned with the whimsies of foreign ...
... side the grave . But my sage counsellor was gone ; I was like a ship without a pilot , that could only run afore the wind . My thoughts ran all away again into the old affair ; my head was quite turned with the whimsies of foreign ...
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... sides , between two chairs , which were lashed fast , and her head sunk in between her shoulders , like a corpse , though not quite dead . My mate said all he could to revive and encourage her , and with a spoon put some broth into her ...
... sides , between two chairs , which were lashed fast , and her head sunk in between her shoulders , like a corpse , though not quite dead . My mate said all he could to revive and encourage her , and with a spoon put some broth into her ...
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... side of the island , as coming from the Brazils ; so now , coming in between the main and the island , and having no ... side of the extended mouth of that great river ; and that the savages who came to my island were not properly those ...
... side of the island , as coming from the Brazils ; so now , coming in between the main and the island , and having no ... side of the extended mouth of that great river ; and that the savages who came to my island were not properly those ...
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... side of my island , and I presently knew the very countenance of the place ; so I brought the ship safe to an anchor broadside with the little creek where was my old habitation . 99 As soon as I saw the place I called for Friday , and ...
... side of my island , and I presently knew the very countenance of the place ; so I brought the ship safe to an anchor broadside with the little creek where was my old habitation . 99 As soon as I saw the place I called for Friday , and ...
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... side of the creek . So I im- mediately ordered a boat out , taking Friday with me ; and hanging out a white flag , or flag of truce , I went directly on shore , taking with me the young friar I mentioned , to whom I had told the whole ...
... side of the creek . So I im- mediately ordered a boat out , taking Friday with me ; and hanging out a white flag , or flag of truce , I went directly on shore , taking with me the young friar I mentioned , to whom I had told the whole ...
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