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The Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel, a Smith at Royston in Hertfordshire, for a Course of Seventy Years
The Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel a Smith at Royston in Hertfordshire for a Course of Seventy Years Author:Ralph Morris Subtitle: Containing, the Melancholy Occasion of His Travels, His Shipwreck ... on a Desolate Island ... His Accidental Discovery of a Woman for His Companion. Their Peopling the Island. Also a Description of a Most Surprising Eagle ... on Which He Flew to the Moon ... Andfurther Transactions Till His Death, in 1711 ... General Books publicatio... more »n date: 2009 Original publication date: 1770 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Parker Description: Superexlibris: crest of Francis Longe, Spixworth Park. Subjects: Voyages, Imaginary Interplanetary voyages, Imaginary Aeronautics in literature Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP. VIII. Comin gives an account of her family, andthe cauje of her appearing in mans apparel. Their reflections on her former love, . Have a Jon. Have a calf. Daniel finds two corps on the Jhore, and Jlrips them. Ruth fur - prifed. His reflection thereon. Goes again to the fea. Finds feveral things. Loads his cow home. Forms fcbemes to dijpofe of bis cargo. Lays a defign of building, but relinquijhes it. Want many things. BEING now man and wife, as I have above related, I foon became very anxious after the knowledge of my wife's family, and how fhe came to take upon her the occupation of a failor, and appear ifl a man's habit ? She would, I believe, rather have been excufed from the relation of it ; but however, as fhe was now my wife, (and that I might not fufpect worfe circumftances than in reality the ftory was attended with,) fhe began with with giving me to underftand, that (he was Very well defcended ; that her father was Hugo Van Comin, a burgomafter of Rotterdam ; but that from her very tender age, Ihe was brought up under her uncle Herman Heyos, merchant of London, who ...« less