Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Part 1 Contexts and modes
- Part 2 Writers
- 8 This Islands watchful Centinel
- 9 John Dryden
- 10 John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
- 11 The authorial ciphers of Aphra Behn
- 12 Swift, Defoe, and narrative forms
- 13 Mary Astell and John Locke
- 14 Alexander Pope, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the literature of social comment
- Index
12 - Swift, Defoe, and narrative forms
from Part 2 - Writers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2006
- Frontmatter
- Part 1 Contexts and modes
- Part 2 Writers
- 8 This Islands watchful Centinel
- 9 John Dryden
- 10 John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
- 11 The authorial ciphers of Aphra Behn
- 12 Swift, Defoe, and narrative forms
- 13 Mary Astell and John Locke
- 14 Alexander Pope, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the literature of social comment
- Index
Summary
I walk'd about on the Shore, lifting up my Hands, and my whole Being, as I may say, wrapt up in the Contemplation of my Deliverance, making a Thousand Gestures and Motions which I cannot describe, reflecting upon all my Comerades that were drown'd, and that there should be not one Soul sav'd but my self; for, as for them, I never saw them afterwards, or any Sign of them, except three of their Hats, one Cap, and two Shoes that were not Fellows. What became of my Companions in the Boat, as well as of those who escaped on the Rock, or were left in the Vessel, I cannot tell; but conclude they were all lost. For my own Part, I swam as Fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by Wind and Tide. I often let my Legs drop; and could feel no Bottom: But when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my Depth; and this Time the Storm was much abated. The Declivity was so small, that I walked near a Mile before I got to the Shore, which I conjectured was about Eight o'Clock in the Evening.
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- The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650–1740 , pp. 250 - 275Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1998
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