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The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell

Daniel Defoe · 1720 primary

passage 68 of 152 · CHAPTER I. > CHAPTER VI. (9/23)

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stealing one cheese from a man in the Haymarket, severely prosecuted at the Old Bailey, and on Wednesday, the 23rd of December, 1713, hanged at Tyburn, with several other criminals.

The two foregoing passages are of so tragical a nature, that it is time I should relieve the minds of my readers with some histories of ladies who consulted him with more success and advantage, to whom his predictions were very entertaining, when they so came to pass in their favour, the relation whereof will consequently be agreeable to all readers who have within them a mixture of happy curiosity and good nature.

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The history of the life and adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell · Daniel Defoe · 1720