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... body of the narrative ; it cannot be questioned , on the score of general knowledge , that the entire absence of such tech- nical descriptions is , in reality , a matter of just regret in a book of education , and that the supply ...
... body of the narrative ; it cannot be questioned , on the score of general knowledge , that the entire absence of such tech- nical descriptions is , in reality , a matter of just regret in a book of education , and that the supply ...
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... body of the work : The hero of the " Adventures " makes it a distinct subject of notice , in a passage of his history , * that he had not the advantage of any ac- quaintance with botany , and deplores his ignorance in this respect as ...
... body of the work : The hero of the " Adventures " makes it a distinct subject of notice , in a passage of his history , * that he had not the advantage of any ac- quaintance with botany , and deplores his ignorance in this respect as ...
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... body or mind , as those were , who , by vicious living , luxury , and extravagances on one hand , or by hard labour , want of necessaries , and mean or insufficient diet , on the other hand , bring distempers upon themselves by the ...
... body or mind , as those were , who , by vicious living , luxury , and extravagances on one hand , or by hard labour , want of necessaries , and mean or insufficient diet , on the other hand , bring distempers upon themselves by the ...
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... body , and terrified in mind : I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judgment of heaven , for wickedly leaving my father's house . All the good counsel of my parents , my father's ...
... body , and terrified in mind : I began now seriously to reflect upon what I had done , and how justly I was overtaken by the judgment of heaven , for wickedly leaving my father's house . All the good counsel of my parents , my father's ...
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... in many emergencies , than modern seamen seem to be aware of ; in going before the wind this sail serves to retain and employ that waste portion of it which escapes under the foot of the foresail . body had his own life to think of , no 8.
... in many emergencies , than modern seamen seem to be aware of ; in going before the wind this sail serves to retain and employ that waste portion of it which escapes under the foot of the foresail . body had his own life to think of , no 8.
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Page 549 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 549 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 562 - Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man...
Page 564 - God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated ; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in Greek Phronema sarkos, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire of the flesh, is not subject to the law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the apostle doth confess that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin.
Page 549 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 564 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk ;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit ; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 140 - When I came to my castle (for so I think I called it ever after this), I fled into it like one pursued ; whether I went over by the ladder, as first contrived, or went in at the hole in the rock, which I...
Page 195 - My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects ; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked. First of all, the whole country was my own mere property, so that I had an undoubted right of dominion.
Page i - ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE OF York, MARINER, Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of AMERICA, near the Mouth of the Great River of OROONOQUE : Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but Himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely delivered by PIRATES. Written by Himself.
Page 135 - Thy prejudices, Syphax, won't discern What virtues grow from ignorance and choice, Nor how the hero differs from the brute. But grant that others could with equal glory Look down on pleasures, and the baits of sense; Where shall we find the man that bears affliction, Great and majestic in his griefs, like Cato?