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 iv
... Things .. The Tropical Flora .. Pro- perties of the Anana , or Pine - Apple .. Things and their Uses .. Fruit of the Nopul Plant .. Rudly's Gluttony punished .. Cochineal Insects .. Arrival at Jackal River and Tent - Town .. Capture of ...
... Things .. The Tropical Flora .. Pro- perties of the Anana , or Pine - Apple .. Things and their Uses .. Fruit of the Nopul Plant .. Rudly's Gluttony punished .. Cochineal Insects .. Arrival at Jackal River and Tent - Town .. Capture of ...
Pàgina 10
... things — a marvellous boon , which our species possessed in its primitive state . which it lost after the Fall , and which it does but slowly recover by collect- ing the discoveries and ideas of past generations ; but this precious ...
... things — a marvellous boon , which our species possessed in its primitive state . which it lost after the Fall , and which it does but slowly recover by collect- ing the discoveries and ideas of past generations ; but this precious ...
Pàgina 11
... soap and glass ; and the plant also serves for littering cattle , for fodder , and for thatch . The commonest things are not always the least useful . - Translator . ] PROLOGUE . SWISS family , whom the prospects of fortune.
... soap and glass ; and the plant also serves for littering cattle , for fodder , and for thatch . The commonest things are not always the least useful . - Translator . ] PROLOGUE . SWISS family , whom the prospects of fortune.
Pàgina 14
... things for which the majority of children too frequently invoke the assistance of their servants and seniors . While still in their childhood , therefore , they learned to handle with tolerable adroitness the saw and hammer , and not a ...
... things for which the majority of children too frequently invoke the assistance of their servants and seniors . While still in their childhood , therefore , they learned to handle with tolerable adroitness the saw and hammer , and not a ...
Pàgina 15
... things conspired to cherish the hope that in ten days their voyage would be ended , when suddenly the winds , hitherto favourable , completely changed , and raged with such fury that , spite of all the skill and energy of the crew ...
... things conspired to cherish the hope that in ten days their voyage would be ended , when suddenly the winds , hitherto favourable , completely changed , and raged with such fury that , spite of all the skill and energy of the crew ...
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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
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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 i - THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON ; or, Adventures of a Shipwrecked Family on a Desolate Island. A New and Unabridged Translation. With an Introduction from the French of CHARLES NODIER. Illustrated with upwards of Three Hundred Engravings. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. Price 6s. THE SPECTATOR.
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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