Set sail for adventure As it is usual for great persons, whose lives have been remarkable, and whose actions deserve recording to posterity, to insist much upon their originals, give full accounts of their families, and the histories of their ancestors, so, that I may be methodical, I shall do the same, though I can look but a very little way into my pedigree, as you will see presently. The style of Captain Singleton, like that of Robinson Crusoe, is so perfect that there is not a single ineffective passage, or indeed a weak sentence, to be found in the book. A masterpiece

Set sail for adventure. Out of this past the pirate emerges as a romantic, even at times heroic, figure. This final niche, despite his crimes, cannot altogether be denied him. A hero he is and will remain so long as tales of the sea are told. So, have at him, in these pages Here are seventeen tails of swashbuckling adventure full of courage and danger

The title of this work is an index of the performance. It is a collection of useful instructions for a young tradesman. The world is grown so wise of late, or (if you will) fancy themselves so, are so opiniatre, as the French well express it, so self-wise, that I expect some will tell us beforehand they know every thing already, and want none of my instructions; and to such, indeed, these instructions are not written. Had I not, in a few years' experience, seen many young tradesmen miscarry, for want of those very cautions which are here given, I should have thought this work needless, and I...

Viva en la parroquia de St. Bennet Funk, cerca del Royal Exchange, una honesta y pobre viuda quien, despues de morir su marido, tomo huespedes en su casa. Es decir, dejo libres algunas de sus habitaciones para aliviar su renta. Entre otros, cedio su buhardilla a un artesano que hacia engranajes para relojes y que trabajaba para aquellos comerciantes que vendian dichos instrumentos, segun es costumbre en esta actividad. Sucedio que un hombre y una mujer fueron a hablar con este fabricante de engranajes por algun asunto relacionado con su trabajo. Y cuando estaban cerca de los ultimos...