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He takes the liberty to say , that this story differs from most of the modern
performances of this kind , though some of them have met with a very good
reception in the world . I say , it differs from them in this great and essential article
, namely ...
He takes the liberty to say , that this story differs from most of the modern
performances of this kind , though some of them have met with a very good
reception in the world . I say , it differs from them in this great and essential article
, namely ...
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The writer says he was particularly acquainted with this lady's first husband , the
brewer , and with his father , and also with his bad circumstances ; and knows
that first part of the story to be truth . This may , he hopes , be a pledge for the
credit ...
The writer says he was particularly acquainted with this lady's first husband , the
brewer , and with his father , and also with his bad circumstances ; and knows
that first part of the story to be truth . This may , he hopes , be a pledge for the
credit ...
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... two years , nor after neither , unless you can afford it . This was the first view I
had of living comfortably indeed , and it was a very probable way , I must confess
, seeing wo had very good conveniences , six rooms on a floor , and three stories
...
... two years , nor after neither , unless you can afford it . This was the first view I
had of living comfortably indeed , and it was a very probable way , I must confess
, seeing wo had very good conveniences , six rooms on a floor , and three stories
...
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Not to make the story an incentive to the vice , which I am now such a sorrowful
penitent for being guilty of ( God forbid any should make so vile a úse of 80 good
a design ) , but to draw the just picture of a man enslaved to the rage of his ...
Not to make the story an incentive to the vice , which I am now such a sorrowful
penitent for being guilty of ( God forbid any should make so vile a úse of 80 good
a design ) , but to draw the just picture of a man enslaved to the rage of his ...
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I might have interspersed this part of my story with a great many pleasant parts
and discourses which happened between my maid Amy and I , but I omit them on
account of my own story , which has been so extraordinary . However , I must ...
I might have interspersed this part of my story with a great many pleasant parts
and discourses which happened between my maid Amy and I , but I omit them on
account of my own story , which has been so extraordinary . However , I must ...
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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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