The Swiss family Robinson; or, Adventures of a shipwrecked family on a desolate island. New, unabridged tr. [by W.H.D. Adams]. With an intr. from the Fr. of C. Nodier |
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Pàgina 34
... secure them without wetting my feet , and- " " Bah , " cried Rudly , " I know what it was ! Some filthy mussels not fit to eat ! While , as for my lobster , that now is a first - rate dainty , is it not , mamma ? ' " But if it was ...
... secure them without wetting my feet , and- " " Bah , " cried Rudly , " I know what it was ! Some filthy mussels not fit to eat ! While , as for my lobster , that now is a first - rate dainty , is it not , mamma ? ' " But if it was ...
Pàgina 42
... secure , and the vigorous Juno shall act as your guard- ian and sentinel . Turk shall accompany Frederick and me ; such a robust comrade , and our two good guns , will command respect . " My sons readily acknowledged the wisdom of these ...
... secure , and the vigorous Juno shall act as your guard- ian and sentinel . Turk shall accompany Frederick and me ; such a robust comrade , and our two good guns , will command respect . " My sons readily acknowledged the wisdom of these ...
Pàgina 46
... secure establish- ment ; but , chiefly , because they may possibly stand in need of our beneficence , for we have certainly conveyed from the vessel many more articles than they did , and at this very moment they may be perishing of ...
... secure establish- ment ; but , chiefly , because they may possibly stand in need of our beneficence , for we have certainly conveyed from the vessel many more articles than they did , and at this very moment they may be perishing of ...
Pàgina 65
... secure . Although the fish were somewhat dry , and the flesh of the penguin , despite of its appetizing fat , was very tasteless , we did full honour to the repast , enlivening it by a narrative of the in- 39 A NOCTURNAL ALARM . genious ...
... secure . Although the fish were somewhat dry , and the flesh of the penguin , despite of its appetizing fat , was very tasteless , we did full honour to the repast , enlivening it by a narrative of the in- 39 A NOCTURNAL ALARM . genious ...
Pàgina 86
... secure as , and much more convenient than , this bare and sandy coast . At daybreak I hastened to the beach to make the signals we had agreed upon , and the joy with which I recognized yours you can understand ; and as you had informed ...
... secure as , and much more convenient than , this bare and sandy coast . At daybreak I hastened to the beach to make the signals we had agreed upon , and the joy with which I recognized yours you can understand ; and as you had informed ...
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admiration agouti animal appearance arms arrived bamboo bark beasts beautiful began bird-lime birds boat boys brothers brought buffalo cacao cajack calabash carried casks cassava cocoa-nuts contrived cooked couple cried dear delighted discovered discovery dish dogs Ernest exclaimed eyes Falcon's-Nest fastened father feet fire fish flesh Frederick fresh fruit gave grotto ground hand head hyæna immediately isinglass island Jackal River kind labours laughing little Fritz loaded maize manioc Miss Jenny mother natural nests night onager ostrich ourselves papa pemmican pieces pigeons pinnace plant poor prepared quantity reeds render replied Robinson Crusoe rocks rope Rudly Rudly's Safety Bay salt sand seemed shallop Shark Shark Island shell ship shore shouted side skin sons soon suddenly supply taste tent Tent-Town thought took trees vessel voyage waves Whale Island wife wood wreck young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 143 - They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Pàgina 337 - The sunrise broken into scarlet shafts Among the palms and ferns and precipices ; The blaze upon the waters to the east ; The blaze upon his island overhead ; The blaze upon the waters to the west ; Then the great stars that globed themselves in Heaven, The hollower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunrise — but no sail.
Pàgina 608 - Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water. The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on either side, Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, And mounted up and glided down the billowIn happy freedom, pleased to feel the air And wander in the luxury of light.
Pàgina 17 - And o'er upheaving surges wounded reels : Again she plunges ! hark ! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock : Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries, The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes In wild despair ; while yet another stroke With strong convulsion rends the solid oak : Ah Heaven ! — behold her crashing ribs divide ! She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.
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Pàgina 84 - Beautiful is the land, with its prairies and forests of fruit-trees ; Under the feet a garden of flowers, and the bluest of heavens Bending above, and resting its dome on the walls of the forest. They who dwell there have named it the Eden of Louisiana.
Pàgina 137 - Well done, good and faithful servants, ye have been faithful over a few things, I will make you rulers over many things, enter ye into the joy of your Lord"?
Pàgina 608 - Light as a flake of foam upon the wind, Keel upward from the deep emerged a shell, Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is filled ; Fraught with young life, it righted as it rose, And moved at will along the yielding water. The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on either side, Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, And mounted up and glided down the billow In happy freedom, pleased to feel the air...
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