Answer:
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
From Crusoe's use of the expression "the hand of Heaven had overtaken me", we can deduce that, during Defoe's time, people believed in destiny.
Crusoe believes that his destiny was being fullfilled and that the he could not do much to control his future since it had been already decided by God.
B.) As a stickler about statistics, I was disturbed by Mr. Schlosser's cavalier manipulation of data, which produced some startling — and, frankly, unbelievable — "facts."
The correct answers are:
"That she hath engrossed us is true, and defended the continent at our expense as well as her own is admitted, and she would have defended Turkey from the same motive, viz., the sake of trade and dominion."
AND
"We have boasted the protection of Great Britain, without considering, that her motive was interest not attachment"
