The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1854 |
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... child , loved a crowd , and to see a great many fine folks . I retained nothing of France but the language , my father and mother being people of better fashion than ordinarily the people called refugees at that time were ; and having ...
... child , loved a crowd , and to see a great many fine folks . I retained nothing of France but the language , my father and mother being people of better fashion than ordinarily the people called refugees at that time were ; and having ...
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... children , and not one farthing subsistence for them , other than about seventy pounds in money , and what few things of value I had about me , which , though considerable in themselves , were yet nothing to feed a family , and for a ...
... children , and not one farthing subsistence for them , other than about seventy pounds in money , and what few things of value I had about me , which , though considerable in themselves , were yet nothing to feed a family , and for a ...
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... child , or two children , I would have done my ` endeavour to have worked for them with my needle , and should only have come to them to beg them to help me to some work , that I might get our bread by my labour ; but to think of one ...
... child , or two children , I would have done my ` endeavour to have worked for them with my needle , and should only have come to them to beg them to help me to some work , that I might get our bread by my labour ; but to think of one ...
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... children , or to contribute something towards their mainte- nance ; and to do her justice , she did use her endeavour with them , but all was to no purpose , they would do nothing , at least that way . I think , with much entreaty , she ...
... children , or to contribute something towards their mainte- nance ; and to do her justice , she did use her endeavour with them , but all was to no purpose , they would do nothing , at least that way . I think , with much entreaty , she ...
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... children opened the door , and they came directly into the room where I was , and where they found me in that posture , and crying vehemently , as above . I was surprised at their coming , you may be sure , especially seeing the person ...
... children opened the door , and they came directly into the room where I was , and where they found me in that posture , and crying vehemently , as above . I was surprised at their coming , you may be sure , especially seeing the person ...
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