"Daniel Defoe" Quotes from Famous Books
... 1719 by Daniel Defoe, the son of a butcher, when he was over sixty years of age. His son deserted and deceived him, as Robinson Crusoe deserted and deceived his father, and it almost ... — The Junior Classics, V5 • Edited by William Patten
... Alexander Selkirk, who was left there from one of Lord Anson's ships, and a first-rate writer—Daniel Defoe by name— got hold of his account, on which he founded the story ... — A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston |