 if I had not been let into his character and story, I could have discerned that he had been much separated from company, from his aspect and gesture. There was a strong but cheerful seriousness in his look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things...  The life and adventures of Alexander Selkirk - Page 126by John Howell - 1829 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1805 - 454 pages
...Sir Richard, " I thought if I had not been let into his Character and Story,! could have dis. corned that he had been much separated from company, from...look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought. When the ship which brought him off the Island came in,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 486 pages
...the faculties of speech, and to utter himself with greater energy. When I flrst saw him, I thought, if I had not been let into his character and story,...look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought. When the ship, which brought him off the island, came... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 646 pages
...further particulars of Selkirk. Steele became acquainted with him : he żays, that '' he should discern that he had been much separated from company, from...There was a strong but cheerful seriousness in his looks, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought.... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 858 pages
...communicates further particulars of Selkirk. When Steele became acquainted with him, he says he could discern that he had been much separated from company from...There was a strong but cheerful seriousness in his looks, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought.... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 718 pages
...the faculties of speech, and to utter himself with greater energy. " When I first saw him, I thought if I had not been let into his character and story,...look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought. When the ship, which brought him off" the island, came... | |
 | Walter Wilson - 1830 - 722 pages
...the faculties of speech, and to utter himself with greater energy. " When I first saw him, I thought if I had not been let into his character and story,...look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought. When the ship, which brought him off the island, came... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1831 - 384 pages
...Englishman," notices his singular history : " When I first saw him," adds Sir Richard, " I thought, if I had not been let into his character and story,...look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought. When the ship which brought him off the island came in,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1834 - 418 pages
...further particulars of Selkirk. Steele became acquainted with him ; he says, that ' he could discern that he had been much separated from company from...There was a strong but cheerful seriousness in his looks, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought.... | |
 | Exemplary and instructive biography - Biography - 1836 - 348 pages
...mind during the term of his solitude. " When I first saw him," continues this writer, '• I thought, if I had not been let into his character and story, I could have discovered that he had been much separated from company, from his aspect and gesture ; there was a... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 716 pages
...promontory, and never failed of catching them, but orfa descent. " When 1 first saw him, I thought if I had not been let into his character and story,...look, and a certain disregard to the ordinary things about him, as if he had been sunk in thought. When the »hip which brought him off the island came... | |
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