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... though all along much against his wife's consent , who was of a disposition not
so tender and compassionate as her husband . You may believe I heard this with
the same pleasure whicła I now feel at the relating it again ; for I was terribly ...
... though all along much against his wife's consent , who was of a disposition not
so tender and compassionate as her husband . You may believe I heard this with
the same pleasure whicła I now feel at the relating it again ; for I was terribly ...
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WE TAKE EACH OTHERS WORD AS MAN AND WIFE . 35 show him . Then he
went on to give reasons why there was no occasion to use the ordinary ceremony
of delay , or to wait a reasonable time of courtship , which was only to avoid ...
WE TAKE EACH OTHERS WORD AS MAN AND WIFE . 35 show him . Then he
went on to give reasons why there was no occasion to use the ordinary ceremony
of delay , or to wait a reasonable time of courtship , which was only to avoid ...
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... not a wife ; nor could I ever frame my mouth to call him husband , or to say “ my
husband ” when I was speaking of him . We lived , surely , the most agreeable life
, the grand exception only excepted , that ever two lived together . He was the ...
... not a wife ; nor could I ever frame my mouth to call him husband , or to say “ my
husband ” when I was speaking of him . We lived , surely , the most agreeable life
, the grand exception only excepted , that ever two lived together . He was the ...
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Nay , he told me it was true , in one sense , that he had two wives , but that I the
wife of his affection , the other the wife of his aversion . I was extremely
concerned at the aversion he had taken to my maid Amy , and used my utmost
skill to get it ...
Nay , he told me it was true , in one sense , that he had two wives , but that I the
wife of his affection , the other the wife of his aversion . I was extremely
concerned at the aversion he had taken to my maid Amy , and used my utmost
skill to get it ...
Page 59
... even rising up to satisfaction and joy , and yet in a more palpable state of
adultery than before ; for before , my gentleman , who called me wife , had the
pretence of his wife being parted from him , refusing to do the duty of her office as
a wife ...
... even rising up to satisfaction and joy , and yet in a more palpable state of
adultery than before ; for before , my gentleman , who called me wife , had the
pretence of his wife being parted from him , refusing to do the duty of her office as
a wife ...
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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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