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The truth was , there was no need of much discourse in the case , the thing spoke
itself , they saw me in rags and dirt , who was but a little before riding in my coach
; thin , and looking almost like one starved , who was before fat and beautiful .
The truth was , there was no need of much discourse in the case , the thing spoke
itself , they saw me in rags and dirt , who was but a little before riding in my coach
; thin , and looking almost like one starved , who was before fat and beautiful .
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However , I observed he came oftener to see me , looked kinder upon me , and
spoke more friendly to me than he used to do ; particularly the last two or three
times he had been there , he observed , he said , how poorly I lived , how low I
was ...
However , I observed he came oftener to see me , looked kinder upon me , and
spoke more friendly to me than he used to do ; particularly the last two or three
times he had been there , he observed , he said , how poorly I lived , how low I
was ...
Page 21
21 as scarlet , and the next minute looked as pale as death . Well , having said
this , he sat down , made me sit down , and then drank to me , and made me drink
two glasses of wine together ; For , says he , you have need of it ; and so indeed I
...
21 as scarlet , and the next minute looked as pale as death . Well , having said
this , he sat down , made me sit down , and then drank to me , and made me drink
two glasses of wine together ; For , says he , you have need of it ; and so indeed I
...
Page 23
However , I was tight and clean , and in better plight thar . he had seen me in a
great while , and he looked extremely pleased to see me so ; for he said I looked
so disconsolato and so afflicted before , that it grieved him to see me ; and he ...
However , I was tight and clean , and in better plight thar . he had seen me in a
great while , and he looked extremely pleased to see me so ; for he said I looked
so disconsolato and so afflicted before , that it grieved him to see me ; and he ...
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I should have looked upon all the good this man had done for me , to have been
the particular work of the goodness of Heaven , and that goodness should have
moved me to a return of duty and humble obedience . I should have received the
...
I should have looked upon all the good this man had done for me , to have been
the particular work of the goodness of Heaven , and that goodness should have
moved me to a return of duty and humble obedience . I should have received 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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