The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 16. sējums,1. daļaF. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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1.–5. rezultāts no 68.
vi. lappuse
... told in so natural and circumstantial a way , that it gained credit with hundreds of readers ; and being prefixed to the work , the impression sold rapidly . It is said that Robinson Crusoe has given many a boy a predilection for a ...
... told in so natural and circumstantial a way , that it gained credit with hundreds of readers ; and being prefixed to the work , the impression sold rapidly . It is said that Robinson Crusoe has given many a boy a predilection for a ...
2. lappuse
... told me it was for men of desperate fortunes , on one hand , or of aspiring , superior fortunes , on the other , who went abroad upon ad- ventures , to rise by enterprise , and make themselves famous in undertakings of a nature out of ...
... told me it was for men of desperate fortunes , on one hand , or of aspiring , superior fortunes , on the other , who went abroad upon ad- ventures , to rise by enterprise , and make themselves famous in undertakings of a nature out of ...
3. lappuse
... told me , I might judge of the happiness of this state by one thing , viz . that this was the state of life which all other people en- vied ; that kings have frequently lamented the mi- serable consequences of being born to great things ...
... told me , I might judge of the happiness of this state by one thing , viz . that this was the state of life which all other people en- vied ; that kings have frequently lamented the mi- serable consequences of being born to great things ...
4. lappuse
... told me I had my elder brother for an example , to whom he had used the same earnest persuasions to keep him from going into the Low Country wars ; but could not prevail , his young desires prompting him to run into the army , where he ...
... told me I had my elder brother for an example , to whom he had used the same earnest persuasions to keep him from going into the Low Country wars ; but could not prevail , his young desires prompting him to run into the army , where he ...
5. lappuse
... told me his heart was so full , he could say no more to me . I was sincerely affected with this discourse : as , indeed , who could be otherwise ? and I resolved not to think of going abroad any more , but to settle at home , according ...
... told me his heart was so full , he could say no more to me . I was sincerely affected with this discourse : as , indeed , who could be otherwise ? and I resolved not to think of going abroad any more , but to settle at home , according ...
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170. lappuse - 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. I stood like one thunderstruck, or as if I had seen an apparition.
174. lappuse - Upon this, rising cheerfully out of my bed, my heart was not only comforted, but I was guided and encouraged to pray earnestly to God for deliverance. When I had done praying, I took up my Bible, and opening it to read, the first words that presented to me were, " Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and He shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.
174. lappuse - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
226. lappuse - I smiled at him, and looked pleasantly, and beckoned to him to come still nearer : at length he came close to me ; and then he kneeled down again, kissed the ground, and laid his head upon the ground, and taking me by the foot, set my foot upon his head ; this, it seems, was in token of swearing to be mv slave for ever.
64. lappuse - what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground; one of those knives is worth all this heap.