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. we call ourselves and write our name - Crusoe; and so my companions always called me. I had two elder brothers, one of whom was lieutenantcolonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the famous Colonel Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards. What became of my second brother I never knew, any more than my father or mother knew what became of me. Being the third son of the family and not bred to any trade, my head began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts | Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Planet PDF This eBook was designed and published by Planet PDF. For more free eBooks visit our Web site at http . To hear about our latest releases subscribe to the Planet PDF Newsletter. Robinson Crusoe Planet PDF CHAPTER I - START IN LIFE I WAS born in the year 1632 in the city of York of a good family though not of that country my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise and leaving off his trade lived afterwards at York from whence he had married my mother whose relations were named Robinson a very good family in that country and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer but by the usual corruption of words in England we are now called - nay we call ourselves and write our name - Crusoe and so my companions always called me. I had two elder brothers one of whom was lieutenantcolonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders formerly commanded by the famous Colonel Lockhart and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards. What became of my second brother I never knew any more than my father or mother knew what became of me. Being the third son of the family and not bred to any trade my head began to be filled very early with rambling thoughts. My father who was very ancient had given me 2 of 487 Robinson Crusoe eBook brought to you by n professional Create view and edit PDF. Download the free trial version. a competent share of learning as far as house-education and a country free school generally go and designed me for the law but I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea and my inclination to this led me so strongly against the will nay the commands of my father and against all the entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other friends that there seemed to be something fatal in that propensity of nature tending directly to the life of misery which was to befall me. My father a wise and grave man gave me serious and excellent .