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Then he went on to give reasons why there was no occasion to use the ordinary
ceremony of delay , or to wait a reasonable time of courtship , which was only to
avoid scandal ; but , as this was private , it had nothing of that nature in it ; that he
...
Then he went on to give reasons why there was no occasion to use the ordinary
ceremony of delay , or to wait a reasonable time of courtship , which was only to
avoid scandal ; but , as this was private , it had nothing of that nature in it ; that he
...
Page 39
... 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 ...
Page 48
... with some other things , which together amounted to seventeen thousand livres
; and thus I got rid of him . I was visited with great civility on this sad occasion of
the loss of my husband , as they thought him , by a great manr ladies of quality .
... with some other things , which together amounted to seventeen thousand livres
; and thus I got rid of him . I was visited with great civility on this sad occasion of
the loss of my husband , as they thought him , by a great manr ladies of quality .
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It would look a little too much like a romance , here to repeat all the kind things he
said to me on that occasion , but I can't omit one passage ; as he saw the tears
drop down my cheek , he pulls out a fine cambric handkerchief , and was going to
...
It would look a little too much like a romance , here to repeat all the kind things he
said to me on that occasion , but I can't omit one passage ; as he saw the tears
drop down my cheek , he pulls out a fine cambric handkerchief , and was going to
...
Page 65
... upon like occasions ; and so leaving it , as it were , to his gentleman , he
provided a very convenient house , about four miles south of Paris , at the village
of where I had very agreeable lodgings , good gardens , and all things very easy
to my ...
... upon like occasions ; and so leaving it , as it were , to his gentleman , he
provided a very convenient house , about four miles south of Paris , at the village
of where I had very agreeable lodgings , good gardens , and all things very easy
to my ...
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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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