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... at his death , yet he left it in the hands of my elder brother , who , running on too
rashly in his adventures as a merchant ... put him in mind how his customers
complained of the neglect of his servants on one hand , and how abundance
broke ...
... at his death , yet he left it in the hands of my elder brother , who , running on too
rashly in his adventures as a merchant ... put him in mind how his customers
complained of the neglect of his servants on one hand , and how abundance
broke ...
Page 9
As to my husband , I had now no hope or expectation of seeing him any more ;
and indeed , if I had , he was the man , of all the men in the world , the least able
to help me , or to have turned his hand to the gaining one shilling towards ...
As to my husband , I had now no hope or expectation of seeing him any more ;
and indeed , if I had , he was the man , of all the men in the world , the least able
to help me , or to have turned his hand to the gaining one shilling towards ...
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I had a great house upon my hands , and some furniture left in it , but I was no
more able to maintain myselt and my maid Amy in it , than I was my five children ;
nor had I anything to subsist with but what I might get by working , and that was
not ...
I had a great house upon my hands , and some furniture left in it , but I was no
more able to maintain myselt and my maid Amy in it , than I was my five children ;
nor had I anything to subsist with but what I might get by working , and that was
not ...
Page 31
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 ...
Page 35
... upon the faith of that promise , and in the sense of that inexpressible kindness
you have shown me , you shall be obliged , and I will be wholly yours to the end
of my life ; and with that I took his hand , which held me by the hand , and gave it
...
... upon the faith of that promise , and in the sense of that inexpressible kindness
you have shown me , you shall be obliged , and I will be wholly yours to the end
of my life ; and with that I took his hand , which held me by the hand , and gave it
...
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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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