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... Selfishness , Fernando ! what , at the hazard of your own life to preserve mine ? how can you prove that there ' was any thing selfish in such an act ? " said Montalva . VOL . 1 . B " Very easily ( cried the count ) , had MONTALVA, &c. ...
... Selfishness , Fernando ! what , at the hazard of your own life to preserve mine ? how can you prove that there ' was any thing selfish in such an act ? " said Montalva . VOL . 1 . B " Very easily ( cried the count ) , had MONTALVA, &c. ...
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... Montalva surveyed him with an eye of pity . " Well , Fernando ( cried he ) , we will not argue the point , but from hence- forth , we are brothers ; " he held out his hand , and D'Rosonio grasped it in his ; no protestations confirmed ...
... Montalva surveyed him with an eye of pity . " Well , Fernando ( cried he ) , we will not argue the point , but from hence- forth , we are brothers ; " he held out his hand , and D'Rosonio grasped it in his ; no protestations confirmed ...
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... tears streamed from her eyes . " My father , my dear father ( cried she ) , let me again hear you bless your child . " " Oh , may Heaven bless thee as fer- vently as I do , my beloved girl " ( said the signor ) , and he mingled his ...
... tears streamed from her eyes . " My father , my dear father ( cried she ) , let me again hear you bless your child . " " Oh , may Heaven bless thee as fer- vently as I do , my beloved girl " ( said the signor ) , and he mingled his ...
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... ( cried she ) , I see that I have ex- cited your curiosity , but my vanity for- bids me to gratify it . My face has , in truth , not a single charm to boast of ; and after all the professions of admira- tion , which you have lavished upon ...
... ( cried she ) , I see that I have ex- cited your curiosity , but my vanity for- bids me to gratify it . My face has , in truth , not a single charm to boast of ; and after all the professions of admira- tion , which you have lavished upon ...
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... ( cried the marquis ) ; oh , Heaven ! is it possible that such de- pravity can exist in human shape ; but mark me , Claudia , I do not ask thy promise ( for I would not trust it ) , not to harm the life of Montoni ; but I swear by every ...
... ( cried the marquis ) ; oh , Heaven ! is it possible that such de- pravity can exist in human shape ; but mark me , Claudia , I do not ask thy promise ( for I would not trust it ) , not to harm the life of Montoni ; but I swear by every ...
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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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