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3 upon him . often ; desire , to recommend me to others , and form a prospect of
bappy living to myself . ... name , for though he was the foundation of my ruin , I
cannot take so severe a revenge With this thing called a husband I lived eight
years ...
3 upon him . often ; desire , to recommend me to others , and form a prospect of
bappy living to myself . ... name , for though he was the foundation of my ruin , I
cannot take so severe a revenge With this thing called a husband I lived eight
years ...
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But as I had seen an end of all the ready money during the long time I had lived
in a state of ex . pectation for my husband , so I began to make away one thing
after another , till those few things of value which I had began to lessen apace ,
and ...
But as I had seen an end of all the ready money during the long time I had lived
in a state of ex . pectation for my husband , so I began to make away one thing
after another , till those few things of value which I had began to lessen apace ,
and ...
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I told her the parish where we lived before , that four of them were born there ,
and one in the house where I now was , where the landlord , after having seized
my goods for the rent past , not then knowing my circumstances , had now given
me ...
I told her the parish where we lived before , that four of them were born there ,
and one in the house where I now was , where the landlord , after having seized
my goods for the rent past , not then knowing my circumstances , had now given
me ...
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But I had lived three quarters of a year in his house after that , and had paid him
no rent , and which was worse , I was in no condition to pay him any . However , I
observed he came oftener to see me , looked kinder upon me , and spoke more ...
But I had lived three quarters of a year in his house after that , and had paid him
no rent , and which was worse , I was in no condition to pay him any . However , I
observed he came oftener to see me , looked kinder upon me , and spoke more ...
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... says he , by which you will easily get a good comfortable subsistence ,
especially seeing you shall pay me no rent for two years , nor after neither ,
unless you can afford it . This was the first view I had of living comfortably indeed ,
and it was ...
... says he , by which you will easily get a good comfortable subsistence ,
especially seeing you shall pay me no rent for two years , nor after neither ,
unless you can afford it . This was the first view I had of living comfortably indeed ,
and it was ...
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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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