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... expression which constituted the principal charm of her face , struck the duke with the utmost admiration . " Well , signor ( cried she with a gay air ) , does your violence proceed from terror ? " He caught her in his arms . " Hold ...
... expression which constituted the principal charm of her face , struck the duke with the utmost admiration . " Well , signor ( cried she with a gay air ) , does your violence proceed from terror ? " He caught her in his arms . " Hold ...
Page 31
... expressed to remain with him . 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 ...
... expressed to remain with him . 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 ...
Page 95
... expression of despair that sensibly touched the heart of the young count . He followed the youth for some time in silence , for he hesi- tated how to accost him , at last , he said- • " You seem fatigued , have you much farther to go ...
... expression of despair that sensibly touched the heart of the young count . He followed the youth for some time in silence , for he hesi- tated how to accost him , at last , he said- • " You seem fatigued , have you much farther to go ...
Page 119
... than his friend , but his countenance had a disgusting expression of haughtiness , which when it disfigures the features of youth is peculiarly unpleasing ; and which when contrasted with the open- ness and affability of 119.
... than his friend , but his countenance had a disgusting expression of haughtiness , which when it disfigures the features of youth is peculiarly unpleasing ; and which when contrasted with the open- ness and affability of 119.
Page 162
... expression of pleasure , robbed me for a moment of all command of myself , and I pressed the lovely creature to my bosom . " She instantly disengaged herself : ' Take care , signor ( said she , in a tone of severity ) , or " I did not ...
... expression of pleasure , robbed me for a moment of all command of myself , and I pressed the lovely creature to my bosom . " She instantly disengaged herself : ' Take care , signor ( said she , in a tone of severity ) , or " I did not ...
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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