The works of Daniel Defoe: with a memoir of his life and writings, Volume 2J. Clements, 1841 |
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... carried away by spirits , and of the ghost of a man who had been seven years dead , that brought a medicine to his bed side . The relation is thus : A gentleman in Ireland , near to the Earl of cards ; as he passed a field , to his ...
... carried away by spirits , and of the ghost of a man who had been seven years dead , that brought a medicine to his bed side . The relation is thus : A gentleman in Ireland , near to the Earl of cards ; as he passed a field , to his ...
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... carried into the air , to and fro over their heads , several of the company still running under him to prevent his receiving hurt , if he should fall ; at length he fell , and was caught before he came to the ground , and he had by that ...
... carried into the air , to and fro over their heads , several of the company still running under him to prevent his receiving hurt , if he should fall ; at length he fell , and was caught before he came to the ground , and he had by that ...
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... carried away the next day to Williamstadt , where he was taken for a spy , and put into a close imprisonment for three or four days . But some Scotch gentlemen , who had been in company with Mr Campbell at Mr Cloysterman's , a painter ...
... carried away the next day to Williamstadt , where he was taken for a spy , and put into a close imprisonment for three or four days . But some Scotch gentlemen , who had been in company with Mr Campbell at Mr Cloysterman's , a painter ...
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... carried to different hospitals for assistance , but their endeavours likewise proved ineffectual . At last she was ... carry her daughter to his house , and consult with him about her . It The mother was overjoyed at these tidings , and ...
... carried to different hospitals for assistance , but their endeavours likewise proved ineffectual . At last she was ... carry her daughter to his house , and consult with him about her . It The mother was overjoyed at these tidings , and ...
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... carried in the air , & c . or being effects of the loadstone , the ebbing and flowing || in a profound sleep , or only dream they are so of the sea , the motion of the planets ; for that carried , and persist in that opinion after they ...
... carried in the air , & c . or being effects of the loadstone , the ebbing and flowing || in a profound sleep , or only dream they are so of the sea , the motion of the planets ; for that carried , and persist in that opinion after they ...
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Page 61 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand.
Page 13 - I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull.
Page 64 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 5 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Page 78 - I called him so for the memory of the time; I likewise taught him to say Master, and then let him know that was to be my name ; I likewise taught him to say Yes and No, and to know the meaning of them.
Page 35 - they are all dead, the man and his wife, and five children." " There," says he, " they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door :" and so of other houses.
Page 18 - That he found and left Mrs. Donne very sad and sick in her bed ; and that, after a long and dangerous labour, she had been delivered of a dead child. And, upon examination, the abortion proved to be the same day and about the very hour that Mr. Donne affirmed he saw her pass by him in his chamber.
Page 16 - I had several times loud calls from my reason and my more composed judgment to go home, yet I had no power to do it. I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret overruling decree that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open.
Page 5 - I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress : My God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, And from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, And under his wings shalt thou trust : His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Page 37 - ... seen above the middle, death is not to be expected for the space of a year, and perhaps some months longer ; and as it is frequently seen to ascend higher towards the head, death is concluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hours, as daily experience confirms.