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Nature , which had been liberal to the person of Clau- dia , had also given her the strongest mental powers ; but even from her birth her heart was depraved , and her vicious and ungovernable temper was a source of continual uneasiness ...
Nature , which had been liberal to the person of Clau- dia , had also given her the strongest mental powers ; but even from her birth her heart was depraved , and her vicious and ungovernable temper was a source of continual uneasiness ...
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He desired her to retire , and he began to consider the matter in a new light ; that Claudia . loved him , he was strongly inclined to believe , but the pride of birth forbade him to transplant this lovely flower into that soil , where ...
He desired her to retire , and he began to consider the matter in a new light ; that Claudia . loved him , he was strongly inclined to believe , but the pride of birth forbade him to transplant this lovely flower into that soil , where ...
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Claudia now no longer refused to gratify his curiosity with an account of her life , and she easily fabricated a tale that imposed upon him ; she represented herself as of noble birth , and that she had been early in her life united to ...
Claudia now no longer refused to gratify his curiosity with an account of her life , and she easily fabricated a tale that imposed upon him ; she represented herself as of noble birth , and that she had been early in her life united to ...
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Her guardian's consent once obtained , Clara did not delay the happiness of her lover , and their marriage was celebrated with a splendour befitting their rank and birth . In the possession of his Clara , Mon- talva thought himself the ...
Her guardian's consent once obtained , Clara did not delay the happiness of her lover , and their marriage was celebrated with a splendour befitting their rank and birth . In the possession of his Clara , Mon- talva thought himself the ...
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My wife was of humble birth , and unblest with the gifts of fortune ; but her heart was good , and her temper gentle and affectionate . The haughty wife of my brother , however , treated her with contempt ; and as I was resolved not to ...
My wife was of humble birth , and unblest with the gifts of fortune ; but her heart was good , and her temper gentle and affectionate . The haughty wife of my brother , however , treated her with contempt ; and as I was resolved not to ...
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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.
Page 76 - Bath, and the waters had some effect upon him ; but upon his return to the metropolis he was seized with a violent fever, which carried him off in a few days. The...
Page 96 - Mon. 22. — My brother and I set out for Bath, on a very extraordinary occasion. Some time since Mr. Smyth, a Clergyman, whose labours God had greatly blessed in the north of Ireland, brought his wife over to Bath, who had been for some time in a declining state of health. I desired him to preach every Sunday evening in our chapel, while he remained there. But as soon as I was gone, Mr.
Page 57 - They had not been long at sea when a violent storm arose, and in a few hours.
Page 144 - 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
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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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