York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise and, leaving off his trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations... The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Stran 1avtor: Daniel Defoe - 1820Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Daniel Defoe - 1998 - 406 strani
...of fiction, is in fact a casual mispronunciation: the narrator, of German descent, is really called 'Kreutznaer', 'but by the usual Corruption of Words in England, we are now called, nay, we call our selves and write our Name, Crusoe.'" (Roxana, of course, is another restless immigrant.) In earlier... | |
| Patrick Keiller - 1999 - 250 strani
...my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom l was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual corruption...words in England, we are now called, nay. we call our selves and write our name, Crusoe, and so im companions always called me.' ln 1965, Hull's port... | |
| Anne Ferry - 1996 - 332 strani
...afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreut1nauer; but by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called, nay, we call our selves,... | |
| Tom Tymoczko, Jim Henle - 2004 - 670 strani
...afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called...name Crusoe, and so my companions always called me. — Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe 5. Westinghouse Electric is building two 300-megawatt power plants... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 2003 - 292 strani
...whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was call'd Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now call'd, nay we call our selves, and write our name Crusoe, and so my companions always call'd me. I... | |
| Nancy Claxton - 2008 - 196 strani
...afterward at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called...always called me. I had two elder brothers, one of which was lieutenant-colonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the... | |
| 1899 - 844 strani
...afterwards at York, from whence be had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called...always called me. I had two elder brothers, one of which was a lieutenant-colonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1886 - 200 strani
...afterwards at York; from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called...the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called,—nay we call ourselves, and write our name, Crusoe: and so my companions always called me.... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1925 - 336 strani
...married my Mother, whose Relations were named Robinson, a very good i Family in that Country, and after whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but by the...of Words in England, we are now called, nay we call our selves, and write our Name Crusoe, and so my Companions always call'd me. I had two elder Brothers,... | |
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