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... 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- rupting her ) , should any circumstance ...
... 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- rupting her ) , should any circumstance ...
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... affections so unworthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply . He again repeated his threats of punishment , and left her . The behaviour of De Laney had converted her love for him into hatred , and the furies of rage and ...
... affections so unworthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply . He again repeated his threats of punishment , and left her . The behaviour of De Laney had converted her love for him into hatred , and the furies of rage and ...
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... affections so un- worthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply . He again repeated his threats of punish- ment , and left her . The behaviour of De Laney had converted her love for him into hatred , and the furies of rage and ...
... affections so un- worthily . " The marquis deigned not to reply . He again repeated his threats of punish- ment , and left her . The behaviour of De Laney had converted her love for him into hatred , and the furies of rage and ...
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... 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 , therefore , but one alternative ; if I cannot be your's , at ...
... 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 , therefore , but one alternative ; if I cannot be your's , at ...
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... affectionate husband . " On his knees , my lord , a wretched heart - broken old man , beseeches your mercy to his child : recal to your me- mory the moment that gave my Cle- mentina to your arms , blooming in youth , health , and beauty ...
... affectionate husband . " On his knees , my lord , a wretched heart - broken old man , beseeches your mercy to his child : recal to your me- mory the moment that gave my Cle- mentina to your arms , blooming in youth , health , and beauty ...
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Page 102 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
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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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