The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1854 |
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... surprised , no , nor very much the first week or two , believing that if anything evil had befallen them , I should soon enough have heard of that ; and also knowing , that as he had two ser- vants and three horses with him , it would ...
... surprised , no , nor very much the first week or two , believing that if anything evil had befallen them , I should soon enough have heard of that ; and also knowing , that as he had two ser- vants and three horses with him , it would ...
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... surprised at their coming , you may be sure , especially seeing the person I had but just before resolved to send for ; but when they saw me , how I looked , for my eyes were swelled with crying , and what a condition I was in as to the ...
... surprised at their coming , you may be sure , especially seeing the person I had but just before resolved to send for ; but when they saw me , how I looked , for my eyes were swelled with crying , and what a condition I was in as to the ...
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... surprised at that . What , nobody lives there ! said I ; what d'ye mean ? does not Mrs. live there ? The answer was , No , she is gone ; at which I parleyed with one of them , and asked her what was the matter . Matter ! says she , why ...
... surprised at that . What , nobody lives there ! said I ; what d'ye mean ? does not Mrs. live there ? The answer was , No , she is gone ; at which I parleyed with one of them , and asked her what was the matter . Matter ! says she , why ...
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... surprised at this as not presently to foresee that this trouble would be brought upon you , or upon Mr. - ; so I came immediately to bring you word of it , that you might be prepared for it , and might not be surprised , but I see they ...
... surprised at this as not presently to foresee that this trouble would be brought upon you , or upon Mr. - ; so I came immediately to bring you word of it , that you might be prepared for it , and might not be surprised , but I see they ...
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... surprised , you may be sure , at the bounty of a man that had but a little while ago been my terror , and had torn the goods out of my house like a fury : but I considered that my distresses had mollified his temper , and that he had ...
... surprised , you may be sure , at the bounty of a man that had but a little while ago been my terror , and had torn the goods out of my house like a fury : but I considered that my distresses had mollified his temper , and that he had ...
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