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Why , madam , says Amy , I hope you won't deny him if he should offer it . What d'
ye mean by that , hussy ? said I ; no , I'd starve first . I hope not , madam , I hope
you would be wiser ; I'm sure if he will set you up , as he talks of , you ought to ...
Why , madam , says Amy , I hope you won't deny him if he should offer it . What d'
ye mean by that , hussy ? said I ; no , I'd starve first . I hope not , madam , I hope
you would be wiser ; I'm sure if he will set you up , as he talks of , you ought to ...
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You may be sure I behaved with a due sense of so much goodness , and offered
to kneel to kiss his hand ; but he took me up and saluted me , and sat down again
( though before he made as if he was going away ) , making me sit down by ...
You may be sure I behaved with a due sense of so much goodness , and offered
to kneel to kiss his hand ; but he took me up and saluted me , and sat down again
( though before he made as if he was going away ) , making me sit down by ...
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... found my time was come , it fell out very happily that he was in the house , and I
entreated he would continue a few hours in the house , which he agreed to . They
called his highness to come into the room , if he pleased , as I had offered and ...
... found my time was come , it fell out very happily that he was in the house , and I
entreated he would continue a few hours in the house , which he agreed to . They
called his highness to come into the room , if he pleased , as I had offered and ...
Page 79
... Amy found that he had no such offer of a lieutenant's commission , or anything
like it ; and that he rambled in his discourse from one thing to another ; but of that
in its place . You may be sure that this discourse , as Amy at first related it , was ...
... Amy found that he had no such offer of a lieutenant's commission , or anything
like it ; and that he rambled in his discourse from one thing to another ; but of that
in its place . You may be sure that this discourse , as Amy at first related it , was ...
Page 83
... might depend upon it that I should be reduced very low indeed before I offered
to disturb him that way . He said , a man of honour ought always to know what he
ought to do ; and as he did nothing but what he knew was reasonable , he gave ...
... might depend upon it that I should be reduced very low indeed before I offered
to disturb him that way . He said , a man of honour ought always to know what he
ought to do ; and as he did nothing but what he knew was reasonable , he gave ...
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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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