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I leave any one that is a mother of children , and has lived in plenty and good
fashion , to consider and reflect what must be my condition . As to my husband , I
had now no hope or expectation of seeing him any more ; and indeed , if I had ,
he ...
I leave any one that is a mother of children , and has lived in plenty and good
fashion , to consider and reflect what must be my condition . As to my husband , I
had now no hope or expectation of seeing him any more ; and indeed , if I had ,
he ...
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... she could bring some of them to take off the children , or to contribute
something towards their maintenance ; and to do her justice , she did use her
endeavour with them , but all was to no purpose , they would do nothing , at least
that way .
... she could bring some of them to take off the children , or to contribute
something towards their maintenance ; and to do her justice , she did use her
endeavour with them , but all was to no purpose , they would do nothing , at least
that way .
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Upon hearing this account , they came to this resolution , that the children should
be all carried by them to the door of ... and there they must be provided for ; as for
the other child , which was born in the parish of that was already taken care of ...
Upon hearing this account , they came to this resolution , that the children should
be all carried by them to the door of ... and there they must be provided for ; as for
the other child , which was born in the parish of that was already taken care of ...
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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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Dear madam , says Amy , what a'n't you with child yet ? No , Amy , says I , nor any
sign of it . all my Law , madam , says Amy , what have you been doing ? why you
have been married a year and a half : I warrant you , master would have got ...
Dear madam , says Amy , what a'n't you with child yet ? No , Amy , says I , nor any
sign of it . all my Law , madam , says Amy , what have you been doing ? why you
have been married a year and a half : I warrant you , master would have got ...
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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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