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" I don't know how to resist such a man that has done so much for me: I don't know how you should, says Amy. Thus Amy and I canvass'd the business between us ;"* the Jade prompted the Crime, which I had but too much Inclination to commit ; that is to say,... "
Roxana; Or, The Fortunate Mistress: And The Life and Adventures of Mother Ross - Page 33
by Daniel Defoe - 1855 - 502 pages
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Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including ..., Volume 4

Daniel Defoe - 1724 - 544 pages
...I had but too much inclination to commit, that is to say, not as a crime, for I had nothing ot She vice in my constitution ; my spirits were far from...circumstances, concurred to bring me to the point, »nd I even resolved, before he asked, to give up my virtue to him whenever he should put it to the...
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The fortunate mistress

Daniel Defoe - 1903 - 622 pages
...which I had but too much inclination to commit, that is to say, not as a crime, for I had nothing of the vice in my constitution ; my spirits were far...; but the kindness and good humour of the man and [56] the dread of my own circumstances concurred to bring me to the point, and I even resolved, before...
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The Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 7

Daniel Defoe, Howard Maynadier - 1904 - 618 pages
...which I had but too much inclination to commit, that is to say, not as a crime, for I had nothing of the vice in my constitution ; my spirits were far...; but the kindness and good humour of the man and ihe dread of my own circumstances concurred to bring me to the point, and I even resolved, before he...
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The fortunate mistress; or, A history of the life of Mademoiselle De Beleau ...

Daniel Defoe - 1903 - 320 pages
...which I had but too much inclination to commit, that is to say, not as a crime, for I had nothing of the vice in my constitution ; my spirits were far...; but the kindness and good humour of the man and ihe dread of my own circumstances concurred to bring me to the point, and I even resolved, before he...
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Works, Volume 12

Daniel Defoe - 1908 - 332 pages
...which I had but too much inclination to commit, that is to say, not as a crime, for I had nothing of the vice in my constitution ; my spirits were far...; but the kindness and good humour of the man and [56] the dread of my own circumstances concurred to bring me to the point, and I even resolved, before...
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The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety ..., Volume 1

Daniel Defoe - 1927 - 250 pages
...which I had but too much Inclination to commit; that is to say, not as a Crime, for I had nothing of the Vice in my Constitution ; my Spirits were far...of the Man, and the Dread of my own Circumstances concurr'd to bring me to the Point, and t even resolv'd, before he ask'd, to give up my Virtue to him,...
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The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel ...

Daniel Defoe - 1927 - 256 pages
...which I had but too much Inclination to commit ; that is to say, not as a Crime, for I had nothing of the Vice in my Constitution ; my Spirits were far...of the Man, and the Dread of my own Circumstances concurr'd to bring me to the Point, and I even resolv'd, before he ask'd, to give up my Virtue to him,...
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Roxana

Daniel Defoe - 1982 - 420 pages
...which I had but too much Inclination to commit; that is to say, not as a Crime, for I had nothing of the Vice in my Constitution; my Spirits were far from...of the Man, and the Dread of my own Circumstances concurr'd to bring me to the Point, and I even resolv'd, before he ask'd, to give up my Virtue to him,...
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Roxana, the Fortunate Mistress, Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety ...

Daniel Defoe - 1998 - 406 pages
...which I had but too much Inclination to commit ; that is to say, not as a Crime, for I had nothing of the Vice in my Constitution ; my Spirits were far...and good Humour of the Man, and the Dread of my own Grcumstances concurr'd to bring me to the Point, and I even resolv'd, before he ask'd, to give up my...
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The English Novel in History, 1700-1780

John J. Richetti - 1999 - 304 pages
...But just after that, Roxana protests that desire played no part in her capitulation to the landlord: "my Spirits were far from being high; my Blood had no Fire in it, to kindle the Flame of Desire" (75). What she insists upon in this sequence and throughout is the recurrence of her moral consciousness...
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