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... convent shall shelter me from the persecutions of this hateful man ; he talks of having our nuptials speedily celebrated , but never , never will I consent to become his . " Oh Montalva ! what pangs rend my heart , when I bid you an ...
... convent shall shelter me from the persecutions of this hateful man ; he talks of having our nuptials speedily celebrated , but never , never will I consent to become his . " Oh Montalva ! what pangs rend my heart , when I bid you an ...
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... convent ; ( if he was indeed deter- mined to force me to be his , before our union took place ) ; but even this re- quest was denied me , and he resolved to have the ceremony performed with- out delay . Driven by this tyranny to have ...
... convent ; ( if he was indeed deter- mined to force me to be his , before our union took place ) ; but even this re- quest was denied me , and he resolved to have the ceremony performed with- out delay . Driven by this tyranny to have ...
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... convent , I mean to travel . ' " Di Soranzo approved of the signor's resolution , and after some time spent in conversation , he took his leave . Soon after , Verezzi quitted Naples ; and at the time of his departure from that city , Di ...
... convent , I mean to travel . ' " Di Soranzo approved of the signor's resolution , and after some time spent in conversation , he took his leave . Soon after , Verezzi quitted Naples ; and at the time of his departure from that city , Di ...
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... convent would not have been her desti- nation ; she seems however resigned to her fate , but it is the resignation of des- pair , or I am much mistaken . ' " Di Soranzo joined with her in pity- ing the young novice whose name he thought ...
... convent would not have been her desti- nation ; she seems however resigned to her fate , but it is the resignation of des- pair , or I am much mistaken . ' " Di Soranzo joined with her in pity- ing the young novice whose name he thought ...
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... convent the whole of his property , with a proviso that his daughter took the veil there ; but if she proferred any other religious house , she possessed the power . of chusing any convent in Naples . The time of her novitiate was ...
... convent the whole of his property , with a proviso that his daughter took the veil there ; but if she proferred any other religious house , she possessed the power . of chusing any convent in Naples . The time of her novitiate was ...
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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 thou art thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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