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" I had the curiosity to advance a little further, when, at the mouth of the oven, which had not yet wholly lost its heat, I spied the corpse of a man so bloated, swollen and parched, as left me little room to doubt that the oven had been the scene of his... "
The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton: and The Life and Adventures of Mrs ... - Page 21
by Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 418 pages
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The Memoirs of Cap. George Carleton, an English Officer: Who Served in the ...

Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - Great Britain - 1743 - 370 pages
...pretty decent Order. I call'd, but no body anfwering, I had the Curiofity to advance a little farther, when, at the Mouth of the Oven, which had not yet wholly loft its Heat, I fpy'd the Corpfe of a Man fo bloated, fwoln and parch'd, as left me little room to...
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Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English Officer: Including Anecdotes of ...

Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - Europe - 1808 - 516 pages
...pretty decent order. I called, but, nobody answering, I had the curiosity to advance a little farther, when, at the mouth of the oven, which had not yet...its heat, I spied the corpse of a man so bloated, swoln, and parched, as left me little room to doubt, that the oven had been the scene of his destiny....
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The works of Daniel Defoe: with a memoir of his life and writings, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 pages
...answering, I had the curiC'sity to advance a little farther, when at the mouth of the oven, vrhich f my travels, and had in a little time all my new discovered estate safe (wollen, and parched, as left me little room to donbt that tbe oven had been the scene of his destiny....
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The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 pages
...pretty decent order. I called, but nobody answering, I hod the curiosity to advance a little farther, when at the mouth of the oven, which had not yet wholly lost its beat. 1 spied the corpse of a man so bloated swollen, and parched, as left me little room to doubt...
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The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1854 - 546 pages
...order. I called, but nobody answering, I had the VOL. II. U curiosity to advance a little farther, when, at the mouth of the oven, which had not yet...bloated, swollen and parched, as left me little room to douht that the oven had been the scene of his destiny. I confess the sight struck me with horror ;...
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Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including ..., Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1885 - 568 pages
...but nobody answering, I had tho VOL. II. U curiosity to advance a little farther, when, at the month of the oven, which had not yet wholly lost its heat,...and with quite different sentiments, and could not iancy myself out of danger till I had reached our camp. A wise man should not frame an accusation on...
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Studies in the Narrative Method of Defoe, Volume 9

Arthur Wellesley Secord - 1924 - 256 pages
...a short way he observed at the mouth of the oven "the corpse of a man so bloated .... as left" him little room "to doubt that the oven had been the scene of his destiny." Withdrawing in haste, he hurried to the security of the camp. In "Robinson Crusoe" the story is of...
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Studies in the Narrative Method of Defoe, Volume 9

Arthur Wellesley Secord - 1924 - 530 pages
...a short way he observed at the mouth of the oven "the corpse of a man so bloated .... as left" him little room "to doubt that the oven had been the scene of his destiny." Withdrawing in haste, he hurried to the security of the camp. In "Robinson Crusoe" the story is of...
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University of Illinois Studies in Language and Literature

Language and languages - 1924 - 496 pages
...a short way he observed at the mouth of the oven "the corpse of a man so bloated .... as left" him little room "to doubt that the oven had been the scene of his destiny." Withdrawing in haste, he hurried to the security of the camp. In "Robinson Crusoe" the story is of...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 26

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1849 - 564 pages
...deserted, and there, to his horror, in an inner room, " at the mouth of the oven which luid not yet lost its heat, I spied the corpse of a man so bloated, swollen, and parched, as left me little room to douht that the oven had been the scene of his destiny. ';t * '•' On enquiry, I was soon made sensible...
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