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Page 139
139 I have since seen so much necessity of and occasion for , I mean that of
repentance . But my measure of wickedness was not yet full . I con . tinued
obstinate against matrimony , and yet I could not bear the thoughts of his going
away ...
139 I have since seen so much necessity of and occasion for , I mean that of
repentance . But my measure of wickedness was not yet full . I con . tinued
obstinate against matrimony , and yet I could not bear the thoughts of his going
away ...
Page 145
This life I had seen into clearly enough , and therefore I was not to be catched
that way . However , as I said , the reputation of my money brought several of
those sort of gentry about me , and they found means , by one stratagem or other
, to ...
This life I had seen into clearly enough , and therefore I was not to be catched
that way . However , as I said , the reputation of my money brought several of
those sort of gentry about me , and they found means , by one stratagem or other
, to ...
Page 159
... and had I yet had the least thought of reforming , I had all the opportunity to do
it with advantage that ever woman had ; for the common vice of all whores , I
mean money , was out of the question , nay even avarice itself seemed to be
glutted ...
... and had I yet had the least thought of reforming , I had all the opportunity to do
it with advantage that ever woman had ; for the common vice of all whores , I
mean money , was out of the question , nay even avarice itself seemed to be
glutted ...
Page 161
... a point so ridiculous to me without the main thing , I mean the money , that I
had no patience to hear him make so long a story of it . I received him civilly , and
let him see I could bear to hear a wicked proposal without being affronted , and
yet ...
... a point so ridiculous to me without the main thing , I mean the money , that I
had no patience to hear him make so long a story of it . I received him civilly , and
let him see I could bear to hear a wicked proposal without being affronted , and
yet ...
Page 167
... and was at that time about seventeen years old , and that he was put out
apprentice by the kindness and charity of his uncle , but to a mean trade , and at
which he was obliged to work very hard . Amy was so curious in this part that she
went ...
... and was at that time about seventeen years old , and that he was put out
apprentice by the kindness and charity of his uncle , but to a mean trade , and at
which he was obliged to work very hard . Amy was so curious in this part that she
went ...
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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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