 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 - Pàgina 322per Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 428 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Daniel Defoe - 1724 - 544 pàgines
...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, and went into a closet where he kept his papers...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... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1881 - 544 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1927 - 264 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1927 - 262 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1982 - 420 pàgines
...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... | |
 | David Marshall - 1986 - 300 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Hal Gladfelder - 2001 - 308 pàgines
...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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