The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1854 |
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... mind , abate the reproaches of her con- science , or procure her an hour's sleep , when just reflection kept her waking . The noble inferences that are drawn from this one part are worth all the rest of the story , and abundantly ...
... mind , abate the reproaches of her con- science , or procure her an hour's sleep , when just reflection kept her waking . The noble inferences that are drawn from this one part are worth all the rest of the story , and abundantly ...
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... mind , but every- where much to discourage and expose it . Scenes of crime can scarce be represented in such a manner but some may make a criminal use of them ; but when vice is painted in its low - prized colours , it is not to make ...
... mind , but every- where much to discourage and expose it . Scenes of crime can scarce be represented in such a manner but some may make a criminal use of them ; but when vice is painted in its low - prized colours , it is not to make ...
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... mind how his customers complained of the neglect of his servants on one hand , and how abundance broke in his debt , on the other hand , for want of the clerk's care to secure him , and the like ; but he thrust me by , either with hard ...
... mind how his customers complained of the neglect of his servants on one hand , and how abundance broke in his debt , on the other hand , for want of the clerk's care to secure him , and the like ; but he thrust me by , either with hard ...
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... mind , as to placing the goods , he seemed very well pleased , and we dined together again of his own providing ; and , the upholsterer's man gone , after dinner he took me by the hand ; Come now , madam , says he , you must show me ...
... mind , as to placing the goods , he seemed very well pleased , and we dined together again of his own providing ; and , the upholsterer's man gone , after dinner he took me by the hand ; Come now , madam , says he , you must show me ...
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... mind , and the surprising kindness with which he had delivered me , and withal , the expectations of what he might still do for me , were powerful things , and made me have scarce the power to deny him any- thing he would ask ; however ...
... mind , and the surprising kindness with which he had delivered me , and withal , the expectations of what he might still do for me , were powerful things , and made me have scarce the power to deny him any- thing he would ask ; however ...
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