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At about fifteen years of age my father gave me , as he called it in French , 25,000
livres , that is to say , two thousand pounds portion , and married me to an
eminent brewer in the city . Pardon me if I conceal his name , for though he was
the ...
At about fifteen years of age my father gave me , as he called it in French , 25,000
livres , that is to say , two thousand pounds portion , and married me to an
eminent brewer in the city . Pardon me if I conceal his name , for though he was
the ...
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... and the last time of all he was kinder still , told me he came to dine with me ,
and that I should give him leave to treat me : so he called my maid Amy , and sent
her out to buy a joint of meat ; he told her what she should buy ; but naming two
or ...
... and the last time of all he was kinder still , told me he came to dine with me ,
and that I should give him leave to treat me : so he called my maid Amy , and sent
her out to buy a joint of meat ; he told her what she should buy ; but naming two
or ...
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So I called Amy , and encouraged her too , and told her that I would take care of
the child and her too , and added the same argument to her . For , says I , Amy , it
was all my fault ; did not I drag your clothes off of your back , and put you to bed ...
So I called Amy , and encouraged her too , and told her that I would take care of
the child and her too , and added the same argument to her . For , says I , Amy , it
was all my fault ; did not I drag your clothes off of your back , and put you to bed ...
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The first thing I did upon this occasion was to send a letter to my maid , as I still
called her , Amy , wherein I gave her an account of my disaster , how my husband
, as she called him ( for I never called him so ) , was murdered ; and as I ...
The first thing I did upon this occasion was to send a letter to my maid , as I still
called her , Amy , wherein I gave her an account of my disaster , how my husband
, as she called him ( for I never called him so ) , was murdered ; and as I ...
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... could now live in the most profound tranquillity , and with an uninterrupted
peace , nay , even rising up to satisfaction and joy , and yet in a more palpable
state of adultery than before ; for before , my gentleman , who called me wife ,
had the ...
... could now live in the most profound tranquillity , and with an uninterrupted
peace , nay , even rising up to satisfaction and joy , and yet in a more palpable
state of adultery than before ; for before , my gentleman , who called me wife ,
had the ...
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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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