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Page 254
... as theirs was reckoned the most powerful at Rome , I readily en- tered into a treaty of marriage with a daughter of the Count Vincentio Ber- nini . Of the mind of Corinna I knew nothing , but I saw that her person was charming 254.
... as theirs was reckoned the most powerful at Rome , I readily en- tered into a treaty of marriage with a daughter of the Count Vincentio Ber- nini . Of the mind of Corinna I knew nothing , but I saw that her person was charming 254.
Page 255
... Corinna was , un- happily for us both , strongly tinctured with romance , and her views in marriage were widely different from mine ; in short , she loved me ; she was not blind to my indifference , but she hoped in time to subdue it ...
... Corinna was , un- happily for us both , strongly tinctured with romance , and her views in marriage were widely different from mine ; in short , she loved me ; she was not blind to my indifference , but she hoped in time to subdue it ...
Page 256
... Corinna accompanied me , and , for the first time , I began to taste of pleasure in the society of my wife , and to feel a father's tenderness warm my breast , as I caressed my infant son . Delighted at the change in my conduct , my ...
... Corinna accompanied me , and , for the first time , I began to taste of pleasure in the society of my wife , and to feel a father's tenderness warm my breast , as I caressed my infant son . Delighted at the change in my conduct , my ...
Page 259
Ann Mary Hamilton. Music was always a favourite pursuit of mine , and Corinna's proficiency in the science was admired and acknowledged by the best judges . Struck by my absent and disturbed air , she tenderly inquired whether I was ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. Music was always a favourite pursuit of mine , and Corinna's proficiency in the science was admired and acknowledged by the best judges . Struck by my absent and disturbed air , she tenderly inquired whether I was ...
Page 262
... Corinna , that I thought she would have followed him to the grave . " Her youth and naturally good consti- tution prevailed , at length , over the violence of her disorder , and she slowly recovered ; but in losing her son , she had ...
... Corinna , that I thought she would have followed him to the grave . " Her youth and naturally good consti- tution prevailed , at length , over the violence of her disorder , and she slowly recovered ; but in losing her son , she had ...
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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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