The Complete Novels
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ISBN13: 9780217580618
Paperback|9780217580618
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: I behaved myself to the dear Miss Goodwin. And I am so fond of the little charmer, as well for the sake of her unhappy mother, though personally unknown to me, as for the relation she bears to the dear gentleman whom I am bound to love and honour, that I must beg your ladyship's interest to procure her to be given up to my care, when it shall be thought proper. I am sure I shall act by her as tenderly as if I was her own mother. And glad I am, that the poor unfaulty baby is so justly beloved by Mr. B . But I will here conclude this letter, with assuring your ladyship, that I am Your obliged and humble servant, LETTER XV. Mrs. B to Lady Davers. My Good Lady, ?I now come to your ladyship's remarks on my conduct to Mrs. Jewkes; which you are pleased to think too kind and forgiving, considering the poor woman's baseness. Your ladyship says, That I ought not to have borne her ' in my sight, after the impudent assistance she gave to his ' lewd attempts; much less to have left her in her place, and 'rewarded her.' Alas my dear lady, what could I do? a poor prisoner, as I was made, for weeks together, in breach of all the laws of civil society; without a soul who durst be my friend; and every day expecting to be ruined and undone, by one of the haughtiest and most determined spirits in the world ?And when it pleased God to turn his heart, and incline him to abandon his wicked attempts, and to profess honourable love to me, his poor servant, can it be thought I was to insist upon conditions with such a gentleman, who had me in his power; and who, if I had provoked him, might have resumed all his wicked purposes against me ? Indeed, I was too much overjoyed, after all my dangers past (which were so great that I could not go to rest, nor rise, bat with such apprehension..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217580618 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217580610 |
| Weight | 0.89 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.61 In |
| List Price | $20.31 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 270 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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