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... Albertina , who was the delight of our lives . " " When my child was about fifteen , it * pleased heaven to deprive me of her mother ; this was the severest blow I had ever met with ; and but for Alberti- na , I should have sunk under ...
... Albertina , who was the delight of our lives . " " When my child was about fifteen , it * pleased heaven to deprive me of her mother ; this was the severest blow I had ever met with ; and but for Alberti- na , I should have sunk under ...
Page 203
... Albertina impossible ; yet , never should she have become the wife of D'Avila ; whose youthful depravity had tarnished the honour of the illustrious house . The air of proud condescension with which he made his proposals , roused my ...
... Albertina impossible ; yet , never should she have become the wife of D'Avila ; whose youthful depravity had tarnished the honour of the illustrious house . The air of proud condescension with which he made his proposals , roused my ...
Page 206
... Albertina , was the death of her father ; Verezzi left to the convent the whole of his property , with a proviso that his daughter took the veil there ; but if she proferred any other religious house , she possessed the power . of ...
... Albertina , was the death of her father ; Verezzi left to the convent the whole of his property , with a proviso that his daughter took the veil there ; but if she proferred any other religious house , she possessed the power . of ...
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... Albertina contemplated her lot , her spirits sunk in absolute despair ; she was persuaded that the tears which she incessantly shed , flowed only for the loss of her father ; but she deceived . herself , the idea of renouncing every ...
... Albertina contemplated her lot , her spirits sunk in absolute despair ; she was persuaded that the tears which she incessantly shed , flowed only for the loss of her father ; but she deceived . herself , the idea of renouncing every ...
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... Albertina prefers returning a beggar to'- " A beggar ! " repeated the father . " " Yes ( said the abbess , firmly ) , a beggar ; for by the will of her father , - the convent where she takes her vows is to possess her fortune ; and as ...
... Albertina prefers returning a beggar to'- " A beggar ! " repeated the father . " " Yes ( said the abbess , firmly ) , a beggar ; for by the will of her father , - the convent where she takes her vows is to possess her fortune ; and as ...
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Albertina Alberto Anselmo appeared aunt beauty beheld beloved bestow Bianca birth bosom Camillo castle cause child Clara Claudia Clementina convent Corinna Count D'Rosonio countenance countess cried Montalva cried the count crime D'Ro daugh daughter dear death Di Soranzo Diana Douglas distress Don Carlos Don Juan dorno duke Ellen endeavoured exclaimed eyes father favour fear feel Fernando Fiametta fortune friendship gave girl grief guilt hand happiness heart Heaven honour hope infant Isabel knew lady abbess Laney Laura Lauretta lord marchioness Maria marquis marriage marry ment mind minstrel Montoni mother Naples ness never noble orphan parents passion peace pleasure poor possessed promise ranzo received regret rendered replied Rome Santenos signor cried Signora Sforza soon Soranzo Spain spirits Stephano suffer sylph talva tears temper Teresa thank thee thou art thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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