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He had an old father who managed the business carefully , so that he had little of
that part lay on him , but now and then to appear and show himself ; and he took
the advantage of it , for he troubled himself very little about it , but went abroad ...
He had an old father who managed the business carefully , so that he had little of
that part lay on him , but now and then to appear and show himself ; and he took
the advantage of it , for he troubled himself very little about it , but went abroad ...
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... only I hoped and depended upon him , that he would not take the advantage of
the infinite obligations I was under to him , to desire anything of me the yielding to
which would lay me lower in his esteem than I desired to be ; that as I took him ...
... only I hoped and depended upon him , that he would not take the advantage of
the infinite obligations I was under to him , to desire anything of me the yielding to
which would lay me lower in his esteem than I desired to be ; that as I took him ...
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In this I was a double offender , whatever he was , for I was Tesolved to commit
the crime , knowing and owning it to be a crime ; he , if it was true as he said , was
fully persuaded it was lawful , and in that persuasion he took the measures , and
...
In this I was a double offender , whatever he was , for I was Tesolved to commit
the crime , knowing and owning it to be a crime ; he , if it was true as he said , was
fully persuaded it was lawful , and in that persuasion he took the measures , and
...
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... not by flattering trifles and the usual courtship of words , which were often
found to have very little meaning ; that he took me not as a mistress , but as his
wife , and protested it was clear to him he might lawfully do it , and that I was
perfectly at ...
... not by flattering trifles and the usual courtship of words , which were often
found to have very little meaning ; that he took me not as a mistress , but as his
wife , and protested it was clear to him he might lawfully do it , and that I was
perfectly at ...
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... till at last , as the poor girl said , so it happened , and she was really with child .
She was terribly concerned at it , and so was he too . Come , my dear , says I ,
when Rachel put her handmaid to bed to Jacob , she took the children as her
own ...
... till at last , as the poor girl said , so it happened , and she was really with child .
She was terribly concerned at it , and so was he too . Come , my dear , says I ,
when Rachel put her handmaid to bed to Jacob , she took the children as her
own ...
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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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