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... he danced well , which I think was the first thing that brought us together . He
had an old father who managed the business carefully , so that he had little of
that part lay on him , but now and then to appear and show himself ; and he took
the ...
... he danced well , which I think was the first thing that brought us together . He
had an old father who managed the business carefully , so that he had little of
that part lay on him , but now and then to appear and show himself ; and he took
the ...
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You may believe I heard this with the same pleasure whicła I now feel at the
relating it again ; for I was terribly affrighted at the apprehensions of my children
being brought to misery and distress , as those must be who have no friends , but
are ...
You may believe I heard this with the same pleasure whicła I now feel at the
relating it again ; for I was terribly affrighted at the apprehensions of my children
being brought to misery and distress , as those must be who have no friends , but
are ...
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The ignorant jade's argument , that he had brought me out of the hands of the
devil , by which she meant the devil of poverty and distress , should have been a
powerful motive to me not to plunge myself into the jaws of hell , and into the
power ...
The ignorant jade's argument , that he had brought me out of the hands of the
devil , by which she meant the devil of poverty and distress , should have been a
powerful motive to me not to plunge myself into the jaws of hell , and into the
power ...
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... to be easy with her , and as I was now become the devil's agent , to make
others as wicked as myself , I brought him to lie with her again several times after
that , till at last , as the poor girl said , so it happened , and she was really with
child .
... to be easy with her , and as I was now become the devil's agent , to make
others as wicked as myself , I brought him to lie with her again several times after
that , till at last , as the poor girl said , so it happened , and she was really with
child .
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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 ...
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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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