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The life and most surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner, who lived eight-and twenty years in an uninhabited island, on the coast ... great river Oronooko. With an account of his - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1816 edition. Excerpt: ...alive, who had buriedasecondhusband,but in very mean circumstances, and whom I made easy upon his account. Soon after, I' went down to Yorkshire, where all my family was expired, except two sisters, and as many of one of my brother's children. I found no provision had been made for me, they concluding I had been long since dead; so that I was but in a very slender station. Indeed the captain did me a great kindness, by his report to the owners, how I had delivered their ship on the Desolate Island, upon which they made me a present of £200. sterling. I next went to Lisbon, taking my man Friday with me, and there arriving in April, I met the Portuguese captain, who had taken me on board on the African coast; but, being ancient, he had left off thesea, and resigned all his business to hisson, who followed the Brazil trade. So altered both of us were, that we did hot know each other at first, till I discovered myself morefully to him. After afew embraces, I began to inquire of my concerns; and then the old gentleman told me, that it was rine years since he had been at Brazil, where my partner was then living, but my trustees werebothdead; that he believed I should have agood account of the product of my plantation; that the imagination of my being lost had obliged my trustees to give an estimate of my share to the procurator fiscal, who, in case ofmy not returning, had given one-third to the king, and the rest to the monastery of St. Augustine: but iflputin my claim, or any one for me,itwould be returned,except theyearly product which was given to the poor. I then desired him U) tell me what improvement he thought had been made on my plantation, and whether he imagined it was worth my while to look after it? he answered he did not know how much...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150759313
- ISBN 13 9781150759314
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages102
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