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... of preserving your fortunes , or restoring them after any disaster , never , ladies
, marry a fool ; any husband rather than a fool ; with some other husbands you
may be unhappy , but with a fool you will be miserable ; with another husband
you ...
... of preserving your fortunes , or restoring them after any disaster , never , ladies
, marry a fool ; any husband rather than a fool ; with some other husbands you
may be unhappy , but with a fool you will be miserable ; with another husband
you ...
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9 I had some plate and some jewels , as might be supposed , my fortune and
former circumstances considered ; and my husband , who had never stayed to be
distressed , had not been put to the necessity of rifling me , as husbands usually
do ...
9 I had some plate and some jewels , as might be supposed , my fortune and
former circumstances considered ; and my husband , who had never stayed to be
distressed , had not been put to the necessity of rifling me , as husbands usually
do ...
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... never deceived me , and never would , but would make it his study to make my
life comfortable and happy , and to make me forget the misery I had gone through
. I stood still awhile , and said nothing , but seeing him eager for my answer , I ...
... never deceived me , and never would , but would make it his study to make my
life comfortable and happy , and to make me forget the misery I had gone through
. I stood still awhile , and said nothing , but seeing him eager for my answer , I ...
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... and gave her five guineas over ; and had it gone no farther , Amy had richly
deserved what she had , for never was a maid so true to a mistress in such
dreadful circumstances as I was in ; nor was what followed more her own fault
than mine ...
... and gave her five guineas over ; and had it gone no farther , Amy had richly
deserved what she had , for never was a maid so true to a mistress in such
dreadful circumstances as I was in ; nor was what followed more her own fault
than mine ...
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... and used my utmost skill to get it altered ; for though he had , indeed ,
debauched the wench , I knew that I was the principal occasion of it ; and as he
was the best - humoured man in the world , I never gave him over till I prevailed
with him to ...
... and used my utmost skill to get it altered ; for though he had , indeed ,
debauched the wench , I knew that I was the principal occasion of it ; and as he
was the best - humoured man in the world , I never gave him over till I prevailed
with him to ...
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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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