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I stood still awhile , and said nothing , but seeing him eager for my answer , I
smiled , and looking up at him , And must I , then , says I , say yes at first asking ?
must I depend upon your promise ? why , then , said I , upon the faith of that
promise ...
I stood still awhile , and said nothing , but seeing him eager for my answer , I
smiled , and looking up at him , And must I , then , says I , say yes at first asking ?
must I depend upon your promise ? why , then , said I , upon the faith of that
promise ...
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I hesitated much at consenting at first asking , but the prince told me princes did
not court like other men ; that they brought more powerful arguments ; and he
very prettily added , that they were sooner repulsed than other men , and ought to
be ...
I hesitated much at consenting at first asking , but the prince told me princes did
not court like other men ; that they brought more powerful arguments ; and he
very prettily added , that they were sooner repulsed than other men , and ought to
be ...
Page 71
71 The only favour I ever asked of him was for his gentleman , who he had all
along intrusted with the secret of our affair , and who had once so much offended
him by some omissions in his duty that he found it very hard to make his peace .
71 The only favour I ever asked of him was for his gentleman , who he had all
along intrusted with the secret of our affair , and who had once so much offended
him by some omissions in his duty that he found it very hard to make his peace .
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Amy , who thought she might , on many accounts , venture with more satety to be
particular than I could , asked her gentleman how a particular man , who she saw
there among the gens d'armes , might be inquired after and found out ; she ...
Amy , who thought she might , on many accounts , venture with more satety to be
particular than I could , asked her gentleman how a particular man , who she saw
there among the gens d'armes , might be inquired after and found out ; she ...
Page 83
... for I never asked him for a farthing in my life . Upon this rallying him , he told me
I had either perfectly studied the art of humour , or else , what was the greatest
difficulty to others was natural to me , adding , that nothing could be more
obliging ...
... for I never asked him for a farthing in my life . Upon this rallying him , he told me
I had either perfectly studied the art of humour , or else , what was the greatest
difficulty to others was natural to me , adding , that nothing could be more
obliging ...
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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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