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... beauty presents to thee the cup of pleasure , and her seducing voice invites thee to quaff the delicious draught ; but thou , as if shell - bound by some evil genii , or malignant enchanter , gazest with torpid apathy on this enchanting ...
... beauty presents to thee the cup of pleasure , and her seducing voice invites thee to quaff the delicious draught ; but thou , as if shell - bound by some evil genii , or malignant enchanter , gazest with torpid apathy on this enchanting ...
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... beauty , but I did not expect to have beheld such uncommon loveli- ness ; wonder not then , that taken by surprise , I forgot for a single moment , that respect which is your due . " " Did you then really suppose ( said she smiling ) ...
... beauty , but I did not expect to have beheld such uncommon loveli- ness ; wonder not then , that taken by surprise , I forgot for a single moment , that respect which is your due . " " Did you then really suppose ( said she smiling ) ...
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... beauty and grandeur had so disturbed the mind of Claudia , was a noble Sicilian , whose husband had lately purchased a palace in the neighbourhood of Claudia's parents ; gentleness and dignity were equally the characteristics of the ...
... beauty and grandeur had so disturbed the mind of Claudia , was a noble Sicilian , whose husband had lately purchased a palace in the neighbourhood of Claudia's parents ; gentleness and dignity were equally the characteristics of the ...
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... beauty . The signor was in the decline of life , and he had long determined never to marry ; but though he had not rejected the favours of complying beauty , the sin of seduction was one from which he was wholly free . The youth and ...
... beauty . The signor was in the decline of life , and he had long determined never to marry ; but though he had not rejected the favours of complying beauty , the sin of seduction was one from which he was wholly free . The youth and ...
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... beauty drew many men of rank into her snares ; her unbounded extravagance however soon reduced her to pecuniary difficulties , and her admirers by degrees deserted her ; she was still very young , and lovely as ever , and she deter ...
... beauty drew many men of rank into her snares ; her unbounded extravagance however soon reduced her to pecuniary difficulties , and her admirers by degrees deserted her ; she was still very young , and lovely as ever , and she deter ...
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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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