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And , in short , I was so overcome with the comfort of it , that I sat down and cried
for joy a good while , as I had formerly cried for sorrow . Amy and I went to bed
that night ( for Amy lay with me ) pretty early , but lay chatting almost all night
about ...
And , in short , I was so overcome with the comfort of it , that I sat down and cried
for joy a good while , as I had formerly cried for sorrow . Amy and I went to bed
that night ( for Amy lay with me ) pretty early , but lay chatting almost all night
about ...
Page 26
To - night if you please , sir , says Amy , very innocently ; your room is quite ready
. Well , Amy , says he , I am glad you are so willing . No , says Amy , I mean your
chamber is ready to - night , and away she run out of the room , ashamed ...
To - night if you please , sir , says Amy , very innocently ; your room is quite ready
. Well , Amy , says he , I am glad you are so willing . No , says Amy , I mean your
chamber is ready to - night , and away she run out of the room , ashamed ...
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He said he could not well stay that night , business requiring him in London , but
added , smiling , that he would come the next day and take a night's lodging with
me . I pressed him to stay that night , and told him I should be glad a friend so ...
He said he could not well stay that night , business requiring him in London , but
added , smiling , that he would come the next day and take a night's lodging with
me . I pressed him to stay that night , and told him I should be glad a friend so ...
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No , says Amy , you'll forbid it now ; before , I told you he should , with heart ; but I
won't now , now he's all your own . O , says I , Amy , I'll freely give you my consent
; it will be nothing at all to me ; nay , I'll put you to bed to him myselí one night ...
No , says Amy , you'll forbid it now ; before , I told you he should , with heart ; but I
won't now , now he's all your own . O , says I , Amy , I'll freely give you my consent
; it will be nothing at all to me ; nay , I'll put you to bed to him myselí one night ...
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MY GENTLEMAN GOES TO VERSAILLES AND IS KILLED , 43 which he had
received from Amsterdam ; so when he gave me the case , he said , My dear , I
think I need not carry this with me , because it may be I may not come back till
night ...
MY GENTLEMAN GOES TO VERSAILLES AND IS KILLED , 43 which he had
received from Amsterdam ; so when he gave me the case , he said , My dear , I
think I need not carry this with me , because it may be I may not come back till
night ...
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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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