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Unkind Claudia , do you then doubt my affection ( returned the marquis ) . " " Wouldst thou wish that I was wholly thine ? ( said she , without noticing his reply ) . Hear me , De Laney ( con- tinued she , preventing him from inter- ...
Unkind Claudia , do you then doubt my affection ( returned the marquis ) . " " Wouldst thou wish that I was wholly thine ? ( said she , without noticing his reply ) . Hear me , De Laney ( con- tinued she , preventing him from inter- ...
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y se dia ed ad ard thr hand would readily strike the blow , but thou disguisest apprehension under the shew of humanity ; fool that I have been to bestow my affections so unworthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply .
y se dia ed ad ard thr hand would readily strike the blow , but thou disguisest apprehension under the shew of humanity ; fool that I have been to bestow my affections so unworthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply .
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hand would readily strike the blow , but thou disguisest apprehension under the shew of humanity ; fool that I have . been to bestow my affections so un- worthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply . He again repeated his threats of ...
hand would readily strike the blow , but thou disguisest apprehension under the shew of humanity ; fool that I have . been to bestow my affections so un- worthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply . He again repeated his threats of ...
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I have offered him my whole fortune , for I well knew your disinterested affection for me would in- duce you to resign it with pleasure , but he has vowed , solemnly vowed , never to yield my hand to another . To escape . is impossible ...
I have offered him my whole fortune , for I well knew your disinterested affection for me would in- duce you to resign it with pleasure , but he has vowed , solemnly vowed , never to yield my hand to another . To escape . is impossible ...
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... know that I have perished by my own hand ; and may that Almighty power who protects innocence , grant , that the tears which this event will draw from her eyes , may be dried by the hand of a repentant and affectionate husband .
... know that I have perished by my own hand ; and may that Almighty power who protects innocence , grant , that the tears which this event will draw from her eyes , may be dried by the hand of a repentant and affectionate husband .
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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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