Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 I began my travels where I purpose to end them, viz., at the City of London, and therefore my account of the city itself will come last, that is to say, at the latter end of my southern progress; and as
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [Robinson Crusoe Part 2] by Daniel Defoe
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE CHAPTER I–REVISITS ISLAND That homely proverb, used on so many occasions in England, viz. “That what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh,” was never more verified than in the story of my Life. Any one would think that after thirty-five years’ affliction, and
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked during a dreadful storm in the offing, came on shore on this dismal, unfortunate island, which I called “The Island of Despair”; all the rest of the ship’s company being drowned, and myself almost dead.
Of Captain Mission by Daniel Defoe
Produced by David Starner, Deirdre Menchaca, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. DANIEL DEFOE OF CAPTAIN MISSON GENERAL EDITORS Richard C. Boys, _University of Michigan_ Ralph Cohen, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Vinton A. Dearing, _University of California, Los Angeles_ Lawrence Clark Powell, _Clark Memorial Library_ ASSISTANT EDITOR W. Earl Britton, _University of
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
I told him I fared the worse for being taken in the prison for one Moll Flanders, who was a famous successful thief, that all of them had heard of, but none of them had ever seen;
Memoirs of a Cavalier by Daniel Defoe
Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Audrey Longhurst, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER or A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. By Daniel Defoe Edited with Introduction and Notes by Elizabeth O’Neill 1922 INTRODUCTION. Daniel Defoe
From London to Land’s End by Daniel Defoe
This etext was prepared by David Price ccx074@coventry.ac.uk, from the 1888 Cassell & Company edition. From London to Land’s End Sir, I find so much left to speak of, and so many things to say in every part of England, that my journey cannot be barren of intelligence which way soever I turn; no, though
Dickory Cronke by Daniel Defoe
This etext was prepared by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk from the 1889 George Bell and Sons edition. DICKORY CRONKE THE DUMB PHILOSOPHER, OR, GREAT BRITAIN’S WONDER; CONTAINING: I. A faithful and very surprising Account how Dickory Cronke, a Tinner’s son, in the County of Cornwall, was born Dumb, and continued so for Fifty-eight years; and
An Essay Upon Projects by Daniel Defoe
AN ESSAY UPON PROJECTS Contents: Introduction Author’s Preface Author’s Introduction The History of Projects Of Projectors Of Banks Of the Multiplicity of Banks Of the Highways Of Assurances Of Friendly Societies Of Seamen Of Wagering Of Fools A Charity-Lottery Of Bankrupts Of Academies Of a Court Merchant Of Seamen The Conclusion INTRODUCTION. Defoe’s “Essay on
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made public before