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    Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's Wonder
    Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's Wonder
    Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's Wonder
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    Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher, or, Great Britain's Wonder

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    Dickory Cronke: The Dumb Philosopher by Daniel Defoe is a story about a man from Taskiddy who was born unable to speak. Finally gaining the ability later in life, Cronke writes his memoir about his thoughts, ideas, and experiences and their philosophical meaning. Excerpt: "Dear sister," says he, "you observe very well, and I wish the continuance of my speech for a few moments, that I might make an ample declaration upon that account. But I find that cannot be; my speech is leaving me so fast that I can only tell you that I have always lived, and now die, an unworthy member of the ancient catholic and apostolic church…"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 4, 2019
    ISBN4057664584359
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    Daniel Defoe

    Daniel Defoe was born at the beginning of a period of history known as the English Restoration, so-named because it was when King Charles II restored the monarchy to England following the English Civil War and the brief dictatorship of Oliver Cromwell. Defoe’s contemporaries included Isaac Newton and Samuel Pepys.

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