Daniel Defoe
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Excerpt from The Life, Adventures,& Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton: Edited by George an Aitken From this Time it feems I was difpofed of to
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a beggar-woman that wanted a pretty little Child to fet out her Cafe, and after that to a Gypfey, under whofe Government I continued till I was about Six Years old and this Woman, tho' I was continually dragged about with her, from one Part of the Coun try to another, yet never let me want for any Thing, and I called her Mother; tho' {he told me at lafi, {he was not my Mother, but that {he bought me for Twelve Shillings of another Woman, who told her how {he came by me, and told her that my Name was 806 Singleton, not Roéert, but plain 806; for it feems they never knew by what Name I was Chrif ten'd. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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