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" There, says he, 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... "
Fragments of History: Narratives of Some of the Most Remarkable Events in ... - Page 252
by Henry Peter Dunster - 1850 - 313 pages
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...stands open ; nobody dare» go into it. A poor thief,1 says he, * ventured in to steal something, but be in the legs, or that part of the arm that is concealed. The tuo, hist night.' Thcii be pointed to MVOli other houses. ' There, * says lie, 'they are all dead —...
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The History of the Great Plague in London in the Year 1665: Containing ...

Daniel Defoe - Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666 - 1832 - 334 pages
...stands open ; nobody dares go into it : a poor thief," says he, " ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to...at the door :" and so of other houses. " Why," says I, " what do you here all alone ?" " Why," says he, " I am a poor desolate man, it has pleased God...
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The Bristol Job Nott, Or, Labouring Man's Friend, Issue 1

Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...nobody dares IM mm it. A thief," savs he, "ventured to steal soon tliiui; ; but he paid dear' fur hl.i theft, for he was carried to the churchyard too last night." Then he pointed to lèverai other houses : " There," says he, " they are all dead, the man and his wife and five children."...
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The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 1024 pages
...stands open ; nobody dares go into it. A poor thief," says he, " ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to...at the door ; and so of other houses." " Why," says I, " what do you here all alone? " " Why," says he, " I am a poor desolate man ; it has pleased God...
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The works of Daniel Defoe: with a memoir of his life and writings, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 pages
...open ; nobody dares со into ¡t. A poor thief," says he, " ventured in to steal something, Í but / arc shut up ; you sec a watchman at the door ; and so of other houses." '• Why," says I, " what do...
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The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 pages
...stands open ; nobody dares go into it. A poor thief," says he, " ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to...he pointed to several other houses :— " There," save he, " they arc all dead, the man, and his wife and five children. There," says he, " they arc...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 19

Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...stands open ; nobody dares go into it. A poor thief,' says he, ' ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he Was carried to the churchyard too last night.' Then i he pointed to several other houses. ' There,' says he, ' they i are all dead, the man and his wife,...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...stands open ; nobody dares to go into it. A poor thief, says he, ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to...watchman at the door ; and so of other houses. Why, says I, what do you here all alone 1 Why, says he, lama poor desolate man ; it hath pleased God I am not...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...stands open ; nobody dares go into it. A poor thief,' says he, ' ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to...dead, the man and his wife, and five children. There they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door;' and so of other houses. ' Why,' says I, ' what...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...house stands open ; nobody dares go into it. A poor thief, says he, ventured in to steal something, but he paid dear for his theft, for he was carried to...watchman at the door; and so of other houses. Why, says I, what do you here all alone 1 Why, says he, I am a poor desolate man ; it hath pleased God I am not...
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