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Page 97
... but being but a woman , and having no correspondence in London , or
anywhere else , I knew not what to do , or how to secure my effects . He dealt very
candidly with me , but advised me , when he knew my case so particularly , to
take bills ...
... but being but a woman , and having no correspondence in London , or
anywhere else , I knew not what to do , or how to secure my effects . He dealt very
candidly with me , but advised me , when he knew my case so particularly , to
take bills ...
Page 107
107 London , by the river Thames , to France afterward , as I have said . But I
began to be alarmed a little with the terrible clamour of the men over my head ,
for I had never been in a storm , and so had never seen the like , or heard it ; and
once ...
107 London , by the river Thames , to France afterward , as I have said . But I
began to be alarmed a little with the terrible clamour of the men over my head ,
for I had never been in a storm , and so had never seen the like , or heard it ; and
once ...
Page 139
And upon his desiring to be informed which way I intended to dispose of myself , I
told him I resolved to go directly to England , and to London , where I proposed to
lie in ; but since he resolved to leave me , I told him I supposed it would be of ...
And upon his desiring to be informed which way I intended to dispose of myself , I
told him I resolved to go directly to England , and to London , where I proposed to
lie in ; but since he resolved to leave me , I told him I supposed it would be of ...
Page 143
RETURN TO ENGLAND AND SETTLE IN LONDON . 143 above ; but it could not
be , so I was obliged to bear with that part , and get rid of it by the ordinary
method of patience and a hard travail . I was above the contemptible usage that ...
RETURN TO ENGLAND AND SETTLE IN LONDON . 143 above ; but it could not
be , so I was obliged to bear with that part , and get rid of it by the ordinary
method of patience and a hard travail . I was above the contemptible usage that ...
Page 149
... and spent more money than most of the noblemen in England could singly
expend , and that they still grew immensely rich . He went on to tell me , that even
the tradesmen in London , speaking of the better sort of trades , could spend
more ...
... and spent more money than most of the noblemen in England could singly
expend , and that they still grew immensely rich . He went on to tell me , that even
the tradesmen in London , speaking of the better sort of trades , could spend
more ...
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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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