Explanation: When I came to the place, my very blood ran chill in my veins, and my heart sunk within me at the horror of the spectacle. Answer: These lines occur in Chapter 19 of Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel ...
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“O that there had been but one or two, nay, or but one soul. saved out of this ship… to have conversed with!”
Explanation: “O that there had been but one or two, nay, or but one soul. saved out of this ship, to have escaped to me, that I might but have had one companion, one fellow creative to have spoken to ...
For sudden joys, like grief’s, confound at first.
Explanation: For sudden joys, like grief’s, confound at first. Answer: This line has been extracted from Chapter 5 of the famous fictional travelogue Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe. The line expresses Crusoe’s reaction after his survival and safe landing ...
The boy smiled in my face and spoke so innocently that I could not mistrust him; and swore to be faithful to me and go all over the world with me.
Explanation: The boy smiled in my face and spoke so innocently that I could not mistrust him; and swore to be faithful to me and go all over the world with me. Answer: These lines occur in Chapter 3 of ...
Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
Explanation: Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself. Answer: This striking sentence has been taken from Chapter 14 of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Here Crusoe expresses his apprehension after he comes across a ...
But no sooner were my eyes open, but I saw my Poll sitting on top of the hedge; and…to talk to him and teach him.
Explanation: But no sooner were my eyes open, but I saw my Poll sitting on top of the hedge; and immediately knew that it was he spoke to me; for just in such bemoaning language I had used to talk ...
I smiled to myself at the sight of this money. “O drug!” said I aloud, “what art thou good for?… manner of use of thee…”
Explanation: I smiled to myself at the sight of this money. “O drug!” said I aloud, “what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no, not the taking off of the ground. One of those knives is ...
When I found all my wealth about me;….I believe the sudden surprise of joy had overset Nature and I had died upon the spot.
Explanation: When I found all my wealth about me;…. I turned pale, and grew sick; and had not the old man ran and fetched me a cordial, I believe the sudden surprise of joy had overset Nature and I had ...
My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich…which I frequently made, how like a king I looked.
Explanation: My island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked. Answer: These lines have seen quoted from the widely popular ...
He looked up in my face with all the tokens of gratitude and thankfulness that could appear in any countenance.
Explanation: He looked up in my face with all the tokens of gratitude and thankfulness that could appear in any countenance. Answer: These lines occur in Chapter 21 of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. Here Crusoe speaks about the expression of ...