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... endeavoured by a series of the most delicate and friendly attentions to ( in some measure ) con- sole his friend , who was , he saw with concern , more deeply wounded than , from his volatile nature , D'Rosonio had supposed possible ...
... endeavoured by a series of the most delicate and friendly attentions to ( in some measure ) con- sole his friend , who was , he saw with concern , more deeply wounded than , from his volatile nature , D'Rosonio had supposed possible ...
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... endeavoured by the kindest attentions to alleviate the sorrows which that vain and unfeeling woman had brought upon herself . " Grown wiser by misfortune , my bre- ther now sedulously applied himself to business , and in a short time ...
... endeavoured by the kindest attentions to alleviate the sorrows which that vain and unfeeling woman had brought upon herself . " Grown wiser by misfortune , my bre- ther now sedulously applied himself to business , and in a short time ...
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... and where her virtues would meet with a bright and unfading reward . ' Her death was indeed a severe blow to her doating husband , for it was one for which he was wholly unprepared ; 41 he endeavoured to struggle with his grief , and he ...
... and where her virtues would meet with a bright and unfading reward . ' Her death was indeed a severe blow to her doating husband , for it was one for which he was wholly unprepared ; 41 he endeavoured to struggle with his grief , and he ...
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Ann Mary Hamilton. he endeavoured to struggle with his grief , and he called in the aid of reason and religion to enable him to bear the destruction of his earthly happiness : but though he submitted without a mur- mur to the divine will ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. he endeavoured to struggle with his grief , and he called in the aid of reason and religion to enable him to bear the destruction of his earthly happiness : but though he submitted without a mur- mur to the divine will ...
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... endeavoured , by plunging at once into the subject of his visit , to remove the embarrassment under which they la- boured .身 His voice faultered when he perceived the evident agitation with which Vic- toria listened to him ; and when ...
... endeavoured , by plunging at once into the subject of his visit , to remove the embarrassment under which they la- boured .身 His voice faultered when he perceived the evident agitation with which Vic- toria listened to him ; and when ...
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affection 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 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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Page 114 - 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 88 - 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 108 - 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 69 - They had not been long at sea when a violent storm arose, and in a few hours.
Page 156 - 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