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Wyss, Johann David, 1743-1818

"The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island"


"Her writings have endeared her name to the lovers of virtue and of song
everywhere; as a writer of verse she has high moral aims, and though
this circumstance, with ordinary talent, might entitle her to
consideration, she can add the effectual claim of literary excellence.
The poetry is characterized by ease, tenderness, a chastened fancy, and
a delicate susceptibility of whatever is beautiful in nature or charming
in truth."--_Chambers_.
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Robinson Crusoe,
Illustrated by Phiz, including his further Adventures, with Life of
Defoe, &c, and beautifully illustrated with plates by Phiz.


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