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" What a glorious testimony it is to the justice of Providence, and to the concern Providence has in guiding all the affairs of men (even the least as well as the greatest), that the most secret crimes are, by the most unforeseen accidents, brought to light... "
Roxana; Or, The Fortunate Mistress: And The Life and Adventures of Mother Ross - Page 263
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
...and Amy not coming presently, I said to him, My dear, I must run up stairs and put it off, and 1st Amy clean it a little. So my husband rose up too,...light and discovered. Another reflection was, How \uat it is that sin and shame follow one another so constantly at the heels ; that they are not like...
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The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel Defoe, Volume 4

Daniel Defoe - 1881 - 544 pages
...himself to read. Glad I was that I had got away, and up I run to Amy, who, as it happened, was alone. 0, Amy ! says I, we are all utterly undone. And with...brought to light and discovered. Another reflection was, Ho» just it is that sin and shame follow one another so constantly at the heels ; that they are not...
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The Fortunate Mistress: Or A History of the Life and Vast Variety of ...

Daniel Defoe - 1927 - 264 pages
...saying that some very good Reflections offer 'd themselves upon this Head ; it presently occurr'd, What a glorious Testimony it is to the Justice of...Providence has in guiding all the Affairs of Men (even the leasl, as well as the greatest), that the most secret Crimes are, by the most unforeseen Accidents,...
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The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels and Selected Writings of Daniel ...

Daniel Defoe - 1927 - 262 pages
...help saying that some very good Reflections offer'd themselves upon this Head ; it presently occurr'd, What a glorious Testimony it is to the Justice of...Providence has in guiding all the Affairs of Men (even the leasl, as well as the greatest), that the most secret Crimes are, by the most unforeseen \ / Accidents,...
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Roxana

Daniel Defoe - 1982 - 420 pages
...help saying, that some very good Reflections offer'd themselves upon this Head; it presently occurr'd, What a glorious Testimony it is to the Justice of...the most unforeseen Accidents, brought to light, and discover'd. Another Reflection was, How just it is, that Sin and Shame follow one-another so constantly...
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The Figure of Theater: Shaftesbury, Defoe, Adam Smith, and George Eliot

David Marshall - 1986 - 300 pages
...History wou'd be Buried in the Dark" (1). But this imagery recalls (or prefigures) Roxana's reflection that "the most secret Crimes are, by the most unforeseen Accidents, brought to light, and discover'd" (297), suggesting that such stories might not be so pleasant after all. At the end of Captain...
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Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England: Beyond the Law

Hal Gladfelder - 2001 - 308 pages
...help saying, that some very good Reflections ofFer'd themselves upon this Head; it presently occurr'd, What a glorious Testimony it is to the Justice of...Concern Providence has in guiding all the Affairs of Men . . . that the most secret Crimes are, by the most unforeseen Accidents, brought to light, and discover'd"...
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