And What if the Pretender should Come? : Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender's Possessing the Crown of Great Britain E-Book

Daniel Defoe

• Herausgeber: Krill Press
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Seitenzahl: 45

Beschreibung

Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics, crime, religion, psychology, supernatural events, and even economics.

While those are all impressive accomplishments, Defoe’s name has lived on through Robinson Crusoe, one of the first and finest novels ever written. The book is written as a fictional autobiography of Robinson Crusoe, a castaway who spends nearly 30 years on a tropical island, where he encounters all kinds of danger and adventures. Published in the early 18th century, the novel may have been inspired by a real Scottish castaway, Alexander Selkirk, who lived for nearly 5 years on a Pacific Island. That island’s name has since been changed to Robinson Crusoe Island. Robinson Crusoe was a stark departure from the typical literature of the day, which was still based on ancient mythology, legends, and history.

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AND WHAT IF THE PRETENDER SHOULD COME? : OR SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES AND REAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRETENDER’S POSSESSING THE CROWN OF GREAT BRITAIN

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Daniel Defoe

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AND What if the Pretender should come? OR SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES AND REAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRETENDER’S Possessing the CROWN OF GREAT BRITAIN.

AND WHAT IF THE PRETENDER SHOULD COME? OR SOME CONSIDERATIONS, &c.

And What if the Pretender should Come? : Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender’s Possessing the Crown of Great Britain

By

Daniel Defoe

And What if the Pretender should Come? : Or Some Considerations of the Advantages and Real Consequences of the Pretender’s Possessing the Crown of Great Britain

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AND WHAT IF THE PRETENDER SHOULD COME? OR SOME CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES AND REAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRETENDER’S POSSESSING THE CROWN OF GREAT BRITAIN.

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AND WHAT IF THE PRETENDER SHOULD COME? OR SOME CONSIDERATIONS, &C.

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IF THE DANGER OF THE pretender is really so great as the noise which some make about it seems to suppose, if the hopes of his coming are so well grounded, as some of his friends seem to boast, it behoves us who are to be the subjects of the approaching revolution, which his success must necessarily bring with it, to apply ourselves seriously to examine what our part will be in the play, that so we may prepare ourselves to act as becomes us, both with respect to the government we are now under, and with respect to the government we may be under, when the success he promises himself shall (if ever it shall) answer his expectation.