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As British subjects were increasingly at risk under the Terror, Wollstonecraft passed as Imlay's wife so as to benefit from the security enjoyed at the time by American citizens.
Mary Wollstonecraft Tomaselli, Sylvana 2008
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The experience resolved her to overcome her devastation at Imlay's desertion.
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Imlay's belongings, but the air of suspicion usually associated with old, abandoned places seemed to fairly seethe through the air.
The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening Lilian Garis 1913
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The murderous greed of the people, to break out in September in the _Law of the Suspect_, was already felt in August, and at the end of that month she sought protection under Imlay's roof, and shielded herself by his name.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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In the restlessness that followed her loss of Imlay's love, she had resolved to make the tour of Italy or Switzerland.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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Not one of the least of her trials was that she was at this time often forced to see a man who was Imlay's friend or partner in Paris, and who seems to have aided and abetted him in his speculations.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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Absence in Imlay's case had not in the end brought about very good results; and as the days went by, Godwin's letters, at least so it seemed to her, became more descriptive and statistical, and less tender and affectionate.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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Her lodgings were not very convenient, but she had put up with them, waiting day by day for Imlay's return.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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They knew the impossibility of a legal ceremony and the importance in her case of an immediate union; and understanding this, they seem to have considered her Imlay's wife.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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Imlay's answers to these letters were kind and reassuring, and contained ample explanation of his apparent coldness.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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