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... attention , that no person but her woman , on whose fidelity he relied implicitly , had access to his daughter ; but vigilant as the signor was , yet love triumphed over his caution , and D'Ro- sonio contrived to convey to his Clemen ...
... attention , that no person but her woman , on whose fidelity he relied implicitly , had access to his daughter ; but vigilant as the signor was , yet love triumphed over his caution , and D'Ro- sonio contrived to convey to his Clemen ...
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... attention wholly to herself . She was habited with an apparent simplicity ; but her dress was in reality calculated to show her light and lovely figure to the greatest advantage . " How shall I ever thank you as I ought , ( cried the ...
... attention wholly to herself . She was habited with an apparent simplicity ; but her dress was in reality calculated to show her light and lovely figure to the greatest advantage . " How shall I ever thank you as I ought , ( cried the ...
Page 76
... and his death was , by all but the duke , supposed to be accidental . The grief of the duchess for her father , was a little alle- viated by the kindness and attention with which her husband treated her ; and she received 76.
... and his death was , by all but the duke , supposed to be accidental . The grief of the duchess for her father , was a little alle- viated by the kindness and attention with which her husband treated her ; and she received 76.
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... attention to business rendered me my father's favourite , and this prefer- ence my brother never forgave . While we were yet young , our parent died , and bequeathed his fortune in equal propor- tions between us . Attached to and ex ...
... attention to business rendered me my father's favourite , and this prefer- ence my brother never forgave . While we were yet young , our parent died , and bequeathed his fortune in equal propor- tions between us . Attached to and ex ...
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... attention , when I beheld the loveliest female figure my eyes had ever seen , advance to meet me ; a long veil which fell in folds to her feet , while it concealed from me her countenance , gave additional graces to her figure ; tall ...
... attention , when I beheld the loveliest female figure my eyes had ever seen , advance to meet me ; a long veil which fell in folds to her feet , while it concealed from me her countenance , gave additional graces to her figure ; tall ...
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affection 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 thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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Page 112 - 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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Page 154 - I had, for the first time, ah opportunity of speaking to her in private, and I resolved not to lose it. " ' You are about to become our sister, I find