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Page 13
13 and at their seeing me in such a condition , that I fell into another violent fit of
crying , so that in short I could not speak to them again for a great while longer .
During my being in such an agony , they went to my maid Amy at another part of ...
13 and at their seeing me in such a condition , that I fell into another violent fit of
crying , so that in short I could not speak to them again for a great while longer .
During my being in such an agony , they went to my maid Amy at another part of ...
Page 25
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 35
... duty to God , all regard to virtue and honour , given up at once , and we were to
call one another man and wife , who , in the sense of the laws , both of God and
our country , were no more than two adulterers ; in short , a whore and a rogue .
... duty to God , all regard to virtue and honour , given up at once , and we were to
call one another man and wife , who , in the sense of the laws , both of God and
our country , were no more than two adulterers ; in short , a whore and a rogue .
Page 59
... short , I could not for my life study to ask him for anything of plate which I had
not . He could , then , accommodate me in nothing more but jewels and clothes ,
or money for clothes ; he sent his gentleman to the mercer's , and bought me a
suit ...
... short , I could not for my life study to ask him for anything of plate which I had
not . He could , then , accommodate me in nothing more but jewels and clothes ,
or money for clothes ; he sent his gentleman to the mercer's , and bought me a
suit ...
Page 71
... after some time , she told it me all freely of her own accord , which , to cut it
short , amounted to no more than this , that , like mistress like maid , as they had
many leisure hours together below , while they waited respectively when his lord
and ...
... after some time , she told it me all freely of her own accord , which , to cut it
short , amounted to no more than this , that , like mistress like maid , as they had
many leisure hours together below , while they waited respectively when his lord
and ...
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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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