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" they are all dead, the man and his wife, and five children." " There," says he, " they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door :" and so of other houses.  "
The works of Daniel Defoe: with a memoir of his life and writings - Page 35
by Daniel Defoe - 1841
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Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including ..., Volume 5

Daniel Defoe - 1884 - 504 pages
...they are all dead, the man and his wife and five children. There, says he, they are shut up, you see a watchman at the door ; and so of other houses. Why,...alone ? Why, says he, I am a poor desolate man ; it hath pleased God I am not yet visited, though my family is, and one of my children dead. How do you...
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A biographical history of English literature

John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...alone ? Why, says he, I am a poor desolate man ; it hath pleased God that I am not yet visited,8 tho' my family is, and one of my children dead. How do...says he, that is my house, pointing to a very little low-boarded house, and there my poor wife and two children live, said he, if they may be said to live;...
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British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...alone? Why, says he, I am a poor desolate man; it hath pleased God I am not yet visited, though rny His nephew left the room without an angry word, notwithstanding....greetings of the season on the clerk, who, cold a boarded house, and there my poor wife and two children live, said he, if they may be said to live;...
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The Historical Reader: Embracing Selections from Standard Writers of Ancient ...

John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 pages
...other houses. Why, says I, what do you do here alone ? Why, says he, I am a poor desolate man ; it hath pleased God I am not yet visited, though my family...children dead. How do you mean then, said I, that yon are not visited ? Why, says he, that is my house, pointing to a very little, low boarded house,...
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Development of English Literature and Language, Volumes 1-2

Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1134 pages
...all ii,-:id — the man and his wife and five children. There, '' says he, "They are shut up; you see t men made perfect." You ltl am a poor desolate man: it hath pleased God I am not yet visited, though my family is, and one...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...alone?4 "Why," says he, "I ara a poor desolate mm: it has pleased God I am not yet visited, though 4iy family is, and one of my children dead." " How do...he, "that is my house" — pointing to a very little low-boarded house — "and there my poor wife and two children live," er.id he, if they may be said...
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Simple History of English Literature: With Illustrative Extracts

A. L. Stronach - English literature - 1891 - 290 pages
...one of the law schools in London. actor's speech. 3 Bow, Bromley, and Blackwall, suburbs of London. do you mean then," said I, " that you are not visited..." that is my house " — pointing to a very little low-boarded house — " and there my poor wife and two children live," said he, " if they may be said...
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History of the Plague in London

Daniel Defoe - Epidemics - 1894 - 266 pages
...are all dead, the man and his wife and five children. There," says he, " they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door:" and so of other houses. "Why,"...alone?" — -"Why," says he, "I am a poor desolate man r it hath pleased God I am not yet visited, though my family is, and one of my children dead." —...
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Defoe's History of the Great Plague in London: A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe - Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666 - 1895 - 394 pages
...door": and so of other houses. "Why," says I, 25 "what do you here all alone?" "Why," he replied, "lam a poor desolate man ; it has pleased God I am not...not visited?" "Why," says he, "that is my house," point- 30 ing to a very little low boarded house, "and there my poor wife and two children live," continued...
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History of the Great Plague in London: A Journal of the Plague Year Being ...

Daniel Defoe - Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666 - 1895 - 392 pages
...door": and so of other houses. "Why," says I, 25 "what do you here all alone?" "Why," he replied, "lam a poor desolate man ; it has pleased God I am not...not visited?" "Why," says he, "that is my house," point- 30 ing to a very little low boarded house, "and there my poor wife and two children live," continued...
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