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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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I must remember it here , to the praise of this poor girl , my maid , that though I
was not able to give her any wages , and had told her so , nay , I was not able to
pay her the wages that I was in arrears to her , yet she would not leave me ; nay ...
I must remember it here , to the praise of this poor girl , my maid , that though I
was not able to give her any wages , and had told her so , nay , I was not able to
pay her the wages that I was in arrears to her , yet she would not leave me ; nay ...
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This was what these good women proposed , and bade me leave the rest to them
. I was at first sadly afflicted at the thoughts of parting with my children , and
especially at that terrible thing , their being taken into the parish keeping ; and
then a ...
This was what these good women proposed , and bade me leave the rest to them
. I was at first sadly afflicted at the thoughts of parting with my children , and
especially at that terrible thing , their being taken into the parish keeping ; and
then a ...
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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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When he had done so , Come Amy , says he , with your mistress's leave , you
shall have a glass too . So he made her drink two glasses also ; and then rising
up , And now , Amy , says he , go and get dinner ; and you , madam , says he to
me ...
When he had done so , Come Amy , says he , with your mistress's leave , you
shall have a glass too . So he made her drink two glasses also ; and then rising
up , And now , Amy , says he , go and get dinner ; and you , madam , says he to
me ...
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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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