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CS general of the king's armies by the interest of his father , and by his own merit
. Assure yourself , child , says he , if it should be so , I will not refuse owning him
for my son , though it be , as they call it , a natural son ; and shall never slight or ...
CS general of the king's armies by the interest of his father , and by his own merit
. Assure yourself , child , says he , if it should be so , I will not refuse owning him
for my son , though it be , as they call it , a natural son ; and shall never slight or ...
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That's right , says the Jew , and l'll engage she shall never be mistress of them
again ; they shall either be seized by us , says he , in the king's name , or she
shall be glad to give them up to us to prevent her being put to the torture .
That's right , says the Jew , and l'll engage she shall never be mistress of them
again ; they shall either be seized by us , says he , in the king's name , or she
shall be glad to give them up to us to prevent her being put to the torture .
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... of circumstances too long to relate here ; how he recovered of that extreme
danger , but continued very weak ; how the gentleman had been homme de
parole , and had sent back the courier as punctually as if it had been to the king ;
that he ...
... of circumstances too long to relate here ; how he recovered of that extreme
danger , but continued very weak ; how the gentleman had been homme de
parole , and had sent back the courier as punctually as if it had been to the king ;
that he ...
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... and the like , that I was like the Indian king at Virginia , who having a house
built for him by the English , and a lock put upon the door , would sit whole days
together with the key in his hand , locking and unlocking , and double - locking
the ...
... and the like , that I was like the Indian king at Virginia , who having a house
built for him by the English , and a lock put upon the door , would sit whole days
together with the key in his hand , locking and unlocking , and double - locking
the ...
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I understand thee , says the Quaker ; thou meanest , I suppose , to be mistress to
the king . Yes , madam , says she . I cannot help confessing what a reserve of
pride still was left in me ; and though I dreaded the sequel of the story , yet when
...
I understand thee , says the Quaker ; thou meanest , I suppose , to be mistress to
the king . Yes , madam , says she . I cannot help confessing what a reserve of
pride still was left in me ; and though I dreaded the sequel of the story , yet when
...
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| Title | Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Daniel Defoe |
| Author | Daniel Defoe |
| Publisher | G. Bell and Sons, 1724 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2007 |
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