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I had been several times after this at the old aunt's , for I prevailed with her to
promise me to go , and talk with the other relations , at least , that , if possible ,
she could bring some of them to take off the children , or to contribute something
...
I had been several times after this at the old aunt's , for I prevailed with her to
promise me to go , and talk with the other relations , at least , that , if possible ,
she could bring some of them to take off the children , or to contribute something
...
Page 35
... and that I was perfectly at liberty , and assured me , by all that it was possible
for an honest man to say , that he would treat me as his wife as long as he lived ;
in a word , he conquered all the little resistance I intended to make ; he protested
...
... and that I was perfectly at liberty , and assured me , by all that it was possible
for an honest man to say , that he would treat me as his wife as long as he lived ;
in a word , he conquered all the little resistance I intended to make ; he protested
...
Page 55
... which still flattered my vanity , till at last I began to have pride enough to
believe him , and fancied myself a fit mistress for a prince . As I had thus given the
prince the last favour , and he had all the freedom with me that it was possible for
me ...
... which still flattered my vanity , till at last I began to have pride enough to
believe him , and fancied myself a fit mistress for a prince . As I had thus given the
prince the last favour , and he had all the freedom with me that it was possible for
me ...
Page 59
I have , I.confess , wondered at the stupidity that my intellectual part was under all
that while ; what lethargic fumes dozed the soul ; and how it was possible that I ,
who in the case before , where the temptation was many ways more forcible ...
I have , I.confess , wondered at the stupidity that my intellectual part was under all
that while ; what lethargic fumes dozed the soul ; and how it was possible that I ,
who in the case before , where the temptation was many ways more forcible ...
Page 61
... such immense bounty , and be treated in such a manner ; it is not possible , my
lord , said I , to contain the satisfaction of it ; and it will break out in an excess in
some measure proportioned to your immense bounty , and to the affection which
...
... such immense bounty , and be treated in such a manner ; it is not possible , my
lord , said I , to contain the satisfaction of it ; and it will break out in an excess in
some measure proportioned to your immense bounty , and to the affection which
...
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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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