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“ Look around thee , oh child of the dust ( said she to the duke ) , all here is calculated to touch the senses , and to dazzle the imagination ; the hand of beauty presents to thee the cup of pleasure , and her seducing voice invites ...
“ Look around thee , oh child of the dust ( said she to the duke ) , all here is calculated to touch the senses , and to dazzle the imagination ; the hand of beauty presents to thee the cup of pleasure , and her seducing voice invites ...
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“ Pardon me , lovely signora ( cried the duke , interrupting her ) , and allow for the force of your charms on a susceptible heart ; I thought indeed to have seen beauty , but I did not expect to have beheld such uncommon loveliness ...
“ Pardon me , lovely signora ( cried the duke , interrupting her ) , and allow for the force of your charms on a susceptible heart ; I thought indeed to have seen beauty , but I did not expect to have beheld such uncommon loveliness ...
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The Countess Durazzi , whose beauty and grandeur had so disturbed the mind of Claudia , was a noble Sicilian , whose hiisband had lately purchased a palace in the neighbourhood of Claudia's parents ; gentleness and dignity were equally ...
The Countess Durazzi , whose beauty and grandeur had so disturbed the mind of Claudia , was a noble Sicilian , whose hiisband had lately purchased a palace in the neighbourhood of Claudia's parents ; gentleness and dignity were equally ...
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Rest and food recruited the spirits and charms of Claudia ; and when her bene . factor saw her the next day , he was struck with admiration at her beauty . The signor was in the decline of life , and he had long determined never to ...
Rest and food recruited the spirits and charms of Claudia ; and when her bene . factor saw her the next day , he was struck with admiration at her beauty . The signor was in the decline of life , and he had long determined never to ...
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Released now from every restraint , she plunged into the vortex of unbounded libertinism , and her wit and beauty drew many men of rank into her spares ; her unbounded extravagance however soon reduced her to pecuniary difficulties ...
Released now from every restraint , she plunged into the vortex of unbounded libertinism , and her wit and beauty drew many men of rank into her spares ; her unbounded extravagance however soon reduced her to pecuniary difficulties ...
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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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