An Historical Relation of Ceylon: Together with Somewhat Concerning Severall Remarkeable Passages of My Life that Hath Hapned Since My Deliverance Out of My Capitivity |
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... Captain Singleton . This influence appears to be over - estimated . The stream of English fiction was already in inevitable flow , and it is naive to think that Defoe who wrote Moll Flanders needed much inventive prompting . In our own ...
... Captain Singleton . This influence appears to be over - estimated . The stream of English fiction was already in inevitable flow , and it is naive to think that Defoe who wrote Moll Flanders needed much inventive prompting . In our own ...
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... captain who traded chiefly in the Mediterranean . His mother was Abigail Bonnell , and he had a sister and a brother - Abigail , born about 1639 , and James , about 1647-8 . Knox's account of his early days may best be given in his own ...
... captain who traded chiefly in the Mediterranean . His mother was Abigail Bonnell , and he had a sister and a brother - Abigail , born about 1639 , and James , about 1647-8 . Knox's account of his early days may best be given in his own ...
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... Captain Knox fitted her for a second East India voyage , but before they could get to sea Cromwell had brought in his Navigation Act , and the ' Ann ' was forced into the hands of the new East India Company . The copy of the Charter ...
... Captain Knox fitted her for a second East India voyage , but before they could get to sea Cromwell had brought in his Navigation Act , and the ' Ann ' was forced into the hands of the new East India Company . The copy of the Charter ...
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... Captain Single . ton , and the immortal Quaker who contrived to serve both God and Mammon in that work , smacks somewhat strongly of Knox himself . It is worth noting that Robinson Crusoe was published but a few months before Knox's ...
... Captain Single . ton , and the immortal Quaker who contrived to serve both God and Mammon in that work , smacks somewhat strongly of Knox himself . It is worth noting that Robinson Crusoe was published but a few months before Knox's ...
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... Captain John Stewart of the Black Watch . I have to thank the Hon . J. P. Lewis , C.M.G. , and Mr. H. L. Codrington , C.C.S. , for much invaluable help in the preparation of this edition , and it is a matter of deep regret to me that Mr ...
... Captain John Stewart of the Black Watch . I have to thank the Hon . J. P. Lewis , C.M.G. , and Mr. H. L. Codrington , C.C.S. , for much invaluable help in the preparation of this edition , and it is a matter of deep regret to me that Mr ...
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