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pulled no punches. originated "in eager rapes, and furious The "rank daughters" of the land "Receiv'd all nations with promiscuous lust." The "nauseous brood" that resulted contained the "well extracted blood of https://t.co/4XL6yyEVg9

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2021-01-03

Mr.Defoe? What's up?

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2020-12-27

"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear." English novelist author of Robinson Crusoe, was born 1660.

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2020-09-13

First published in 1724, Captain Charles Johnson’s 'A General History of Pirates' is the most famous, and most influential, book about pirates ever written, becoming the forerunner of the real-life criminal biography genre and inspiring the likes of Defoe’s 'Moll Flanders'.

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2020-09-01

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) from an edition published in 1884. The artist is Kauffman.

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2020-08-26

The last film we saw in cinema before the incident™ is The Lighthouse so this ones for u scary beans man defoe

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2020-07-27

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731). Illustrations by Kauffman, from an edition published in 1884.

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2020-07-25

A cover I created for some time back... Aliens in glass suits turn up one rainy evening in a field in rural England (it’s the late 1600’s) and they attempt to intimidate Mr Defoe who shoots them square in the bollocks. The End.

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2020-07-22

It's said the first modern ghost story was 'A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal' a pamphlet written by Daniel Defoe, published in 1706. The haunting was based on an alleged Canterbury incident in which a local woman returned to her friend after death

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2020-05-21

DANIEL DEFOE

On the aftermath of the plague

“The people, hardened by the danger they had been in, like seamen after a storm is over, were more wicked and more stupid, more bold and hardened, in their vices and immoralities than they were before."

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2020-05-06

My of the day is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. This edition was pub by Macmillan in 1946 for the Junior Library. Hardback & by Lynd Ward.

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2020-04-29

Literature in the park: Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, first published 15th April 1719.....https://t.co/8nAduKmqui

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2020-04-25

Daniel Defoe, legend, died in 1731. He wrote, “Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised.”

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2020-04-24

24 Apr 1731: d. Daniel Defoe at Rope Maker's Alley City of (NMM)

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2020-04-24

in 1731, trader, writer (Robinson Crusoe (1719)), journalist, pamphleteer and spy Daniel Defoe died in London at the age of 70. Bunhill Fields Burial and Gardens, Borough of Islington, London https://t.co/uOj99T2TCz

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2020-04-24

Can't do a Spurs striker set without Defoe!

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2020-04-18

Tried to draw a teenaged Jermain Defoe and accidentally drew him aged 55

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2020-04-18

William Defoe v William Defriend

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2020-04-07

A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, re London 1664. History does indeed repeat itself...

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2020-03-29