The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Vol. 2 of 2

No other than is acknowledged to be due to the furprifing variety of the fubjeét, and to the agreeable manner of the performance.

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Excerpt from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Vol. 2 of 2

I have often heard perfons of good judgment fay, that all the flir people make in the world about ghol'ts and apparitions, is owing to the tirength of imagination, and the powerful operation of fancy in their minds; that there is no fuch thing as a fpirit appearing, or a ghofl walking, and the like: that people's pouring afl'ec tionately upon the putt converfation of their deceafed friend's, fo realizes it to them, that they are capable of fancyingyupon tome extraordinary circumflances, that they fee them, talk to them, and are anfwered by them, when, in truth, there is nothing but fliadow and vapour in the thing, and they really know nothing of the matter.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.