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The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner
The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York mariner Author:Daniel Defoe Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: blood that very moment they tell him of it, that the surprise may not drive the animal spirits from the heart, and overwhelm him. For sudden joys, like griefs... more », confonnd at fust, I walked abont on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped up in the contemplation of my deliverance; making a thonsand gestures and motious which I cannot describe; reflecting upon my comrades thai were drowned, and that there shonld not be one sonl saved but myself; for, as for them, I never saw them afterwards, or any sigu of them, except three of their hats, one cap, and two shoes that were not fellows. I cast my eyes to the stranded vessel—when the breach and froth of the sea being so hig I could hardly ee it, it lay so far off—and cousidered, Lord! how was it possible I conld get on shore ? After I had solaced my mind with the comfortable part of my condition, I began to look ronnd me, to see what kind of a place I was in, and what was next to be done; and I soon fonnd my comforts ahate, and that, in a word, I had a dreadful deliverance; for I was wet, had no clothes to shift me, nor any thing either to eat or drink, to comfort me; neither did I see any prospect before me, but that of perishing with bunger, or being devonred by wild beasts: and that which was particularly afflicting to me was, that I had no weapon, either to bunt and kill any creature for my sustenance, or to defend myself agaiust any other creature that might desire to kill me for theirs. In a word, I had nothing about me but a knife, a tohacco-pipe, and a little tohacco in a box. This was all my provision, and this threw me into such terrible agonies of mind, that, for a while I ran abont like a madman. Night coming upon me, I began, with a heavy heart, to cousider what wonld be my lot i...« less