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... Fernando ! what , at the hazard of your own life to preserve mine ? how can you prove that there ' was any thing selfish in such an act ? " said Montalva . VOL . 1 . B " Very easily ( cried the count ) , had MONTALVA, &c. ...
... Fernando ! what , at the hazard of your own life to preserve mine ? how can you prove that there ' was any thing selfish in such an act ? " said Montalva . VOL . 1 . B " Very easily ( cried the count ) , had MONTALVA, &c. ...
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... Fernando ( cried he ) , we will not argue the point , but from hence- forth , we are brothers ; " he held out his hand , and D'Rosonio grasped it in his ; no protestations confirmed this league of amity , but it lasted during the lives ...
... Fernando ( cried he ) , we will not argue the point , but from hence- forth , we are brothers ; " he held out his hand , and D'Rosonio grasped it in his ; no protestations confirmed this league of amity , but it lasted during the lives ...
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... Fernando , I prevailed , without much difficulty , upon Francisca , to deliver a letter for me to her lovely mistress : in this epistle , I supplicated for an interview , and Francisca promised , that in a few days , 58.
... Fernando , I prevailed , without much difficulty , upon Francisca , to deliver a letter for me to her lovely mistress : in this epistle , I supplicated for an interview , and Francisca promised , that in a few days , 58.
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... Fernando , ' till I was allowed to entrust thee ; and I left Clara more captivated than I had ever been . " Though I had never determined against matrimony , yet , the smallness of my fortune had made me think , that when I sought a ...
... Fernando , ' till I was allowed to entrust thee ; and I left Clara more captivated than I had ever been . " Though I had never determined against matrimony , yet , the smallness of my fortune had made me think , that when I sought a ...
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... Fernando , whose lively regard and incessant acts of kind- ness made some impression even on his callous heart . When Fernando was about fifteen , as he was one day returning to his father's palace from the habitation of Signor Montalva ...
... Fernando , whose lively regard and incessant acts of kind- ness made some impression even on his callous heart . When Fernando was about fifteen , as he was one day returning to his father's palace from the habitation of Signor Montalva ...
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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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