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Page 163
... house , where yet he was not known ; I suppose he had employed somebody
to find it out for him ; and where he had a convenient way to come into the garden
, by a door that opened into the park , a thing very rarely allowed in those times .
... house , where yet he was not known ; I suppose he had employed somebody
to find it out for him ; and where he had a convenient way to come into the garden
, by a door that opened into the park , a thing very rarely allowed in those times .
Page 167
... honest , and kind - hearted man , she opened her tale to him the easier . She
made a long story , how she had a prodigious kindness for the child , because
she had the same for his father and mother ; told him that she was the servant -
maid ...
... honest , and kind - hearted man , she opened her tale to him the easier . She
made a long story , how she had a prodigious kindness for the child , because
she had the same for his father and mother ; told him that she was the servant -
maid ...
Page 195
But while all these things were transacting , and letters and answers passed
between Amy and I a little slower than usual , at which I was not so well pleased
as I used to be with Amy's despatch , I say , in this time the following scene
opened .
But while all these things were transacting , and letters and answers passed
between Amy and I a little slower than usual , at which I was not so well pleased
as I used to be with Amy's despatch , I say , in this time the following scene
opened .
Page 226
When the boxes were opened , I found they were chiefly full of books , and
papers , and parchments , I mean books of accounts , and writings , and such
things , as were in themselves of no moment to me , because I understood them
not ; but I ...
When the boxes were opened , I found they were chiefly full of books , and
papers , and parchments , I mean books of accounts , and writings , and such
things , as were in themselves of no moment to me , because I understood them
not ; but I ...
Page 273
These prudent measures were inexpressibly kind , as well as seasonable ; for it
had been likely enough that her letter might have come publicly to me , and
though my husband would not have opened it , yet it would have looked a little
odd ...
These prudent measures were inexpressibly kind , as well as seasonable ; for it
had been likely enough that her letter might have come publicly to me , and
though my husband would not have opened it , yet it would have looked a little
odd ...
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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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