The Works of Daniel Defoe ...Chesterfield society, 1903 |
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... talk of nothing else ; all my dis- course run into it , even to impertinence , and I saw it myself . I have often heard persons of good judgment say , that all the stir people make in the world about ghosts and apparitions is owing to ...
... talk of nothing else ; all my dis- course run into it , even to impertinence , and I saw it myself . I have often heard persons of good judgment say , that all the stir people make in the world about ghosts and apparitions is owing to ...
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... talking to him , and telling him one story or another of his travels , and of what had happened to him abroad , to divert him . In short , if the same filial affection was to be found in Christians to their parents in our part of the ...
... talking to him , and telling him one story or another of his travels , and of what had happened to him abroad , to divert him . In short , if the same filial affection was to be found in Christians to their parents in our part of the ...
Page 88
... talking , and , as may be supposed , inquiring of him how he came to be hurt ; and who , ' t is very rational to believe , told them that a flash of fire first , and immediately after that thunder from their gods , had killed two , and ...
... talking , and , as may be supposed , inquiring of him how he came to be hurt ; and who , ' t is very rational to believe , told them that a flash of fire first , and immediately after that thunder from their gods , had killed two , and ...
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... talk with the rest of his country- men , and see what they said to it , assuring them that if they did not agree immediately they should be all destroyed . The poor wretches , thoroughly humbled , and re- duced in number to about thirty ...
... talk with the rest of his country- men , and see what they said to it , assuring them that if they did not agree immediately they should be all destroyed . The poor wretches , thoroughly humbled , and re- duced in number to about thirty ...
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... talk anything to them con- cerning religion . The utmost of all the improvement which I can say the wives had made from them was , that they had taught them to speak English pretty well ; and all the children they had , which were near ...
... talk anything to them con- cerning religion . The utmost of all the improvement which I can say the wives had made from them was , that they had taught them to speak English pretty well ; and all the children they had , which were near ...
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