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Page 165
... yet the abbess had her carefully instructed in them , and well did her capacity and diligence re- pay the pains bestowed upon her . Soon after Isabel became an inmate of St. Teresa , the Signora Sforza placed her youngest daughter 165.
... yet the abbess had her carefully instructed in them , and well did her capacity and diligence re- pay the pains bestowed upon her . Soon after Isabel became an inmate of St. Teresa , the Signora Sforza placed her youngest daughter 165.
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St. Teresa , the Signora Sforza placed her youngest daughter in the convent . Laura was about the age of Isabel , and the childish partiality which they soon discovered for each other , ripened in time into the tenderest friendship .
St. Teresa , the Signora Sforza placed her youngest daughter in the convent . Laura was about the age of Isabel , and the childish partiality which they soon discovered for each other , ripened in time into the tenderest friendship .
Page 167
... of her countenance , the mild lustre of her full , blue , expressive eyes , was sufficient to disarm the severity of even the cold- est critic and no one ever gazed upon Laura de Sforza without allowing her the meed of beauty .
... of her countenance , the mild lustre of her full , blue , expressive eyes , was sufficient to disarm the severity of even the cold- est critic and no one ever gazed upon Laura de Sforza without allowing her the meed of beauty .
Page 168
The family of Sforza had free access to Laura , and she scarcely went to the grate to receive her mother or her brother unaccompanied by Isabel . The lady abbess and the signora hade been friends from infancy , and she re joiced that ...
The family of Sforza had free access to Laura , and she scarcely went to the grate to receive her mother or her brother unaccompanied by Isabel . The lady abbess and the signora hade been friends from infancy , and she re joiced that ...
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Alberto Sforza had known for years that Isabel was destined to the veil , he had loved her as a sister , but how he might bear the loss of her so- ciety was a question that he had never asked himself 181 CHAP. IX. ...
Alberto Sforza had known for years that Isabel was destined to the veil , he had loved her as a sister , but how he might bear the loss of her so- ciety was a question that he had never asked himself 181 CHAP. IX. ...
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| Title | Montalva, or, Annals of guilt Montalva, or, Annals of guilt, Ann Mary Hamilton |
| Author | Ann Mary Hamilton |
| Published | 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2006 |
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