The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1854 |
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... husband and I could agree about it , which , by the way , was not very often ; but of that hereafter . Before I proceed in the history of the married part of my life , you must allow me to give as impartial an account of my husband as I ...
... husband and I could agree about it , which , by the way , was not very often ; but of that hereafter . Before I proceed in the history of the married part of my life , you must allow me to give as impartial an account of my husband as I ...
Page 4
... husband into company , and then be obliged to blush for him every time she hears him speak ? To hear other gentlemen talk sense , and he able to say nothing ? And so look like a fool , or which is worse , hear him talk nonsense , and be ...
... husband into company , and then be obliged to blush for him every time she hears him speak ? To hear other gentlemen talk sense , and he able to say nothing ? And so look like a fool , or which is worse , hear him talk nonsense , and be ...
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... husband not fit to be trusted with it : there's one of the benefits of marrying a fool . Within two years after my own father's death , my husband's father also died ; and , as I thought , left him a considerable addition to his estate ...
... husband not fit to be trusted with it : there's one of the benefits of marrying a fool . Within two years after my own father's death , my husband's father also died ; and , as I thought , left him a considerable addition to his estate ...
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... husband found himself a clear man , all his debts paid , and with between two and three thousand pounds in his pocket ; and being now obliged to remove from the brewhouse , we took a house at , a village about two miles out of town ...
... husband found himself a clear man , all his debts paid , and with between two and three thousand pounds in his pocket ; and being now obliged to remove from the brewhouse , we took a house at , a village about two miles out of town ...
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... husband told me he was sensible he was come to a miserable condition , and he would go and seek his fortune some- where or other . He had said something to that purpose several times before that , upon my pressing him to consider his ...
... husband told me he was sensible he was come to a miserable condition , and he would go and seek his fortune some- where or other . He had said something to that purpose several times before that , upon my pressing him to consider his ...
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