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... give your hand to the Duke D'Vinci ; but till it is confirmed by your own lips , I will not believe it . " " Clementina , I cannot for a moment support the thought of your perfidy . You , in B 5 9 marriage might be hastened, and this ...
... give your hand to the Duke D'Vinci ; but till it is confirmed by your own lips , I will not believe it . " " Clementina , I cannot for a moment support the thought of your perfidy . You , in B 5 9 marriage might be hastened, and this ...
Page 16
... give him greater pleasure than an opportunity of breaking with him . " I am justly punished ( thought he ) , but , oh ! my poor sacrificed girl , thou shouldst not have suffered for my fault ! " One night , at a masquerade , the duke ...
... give him greater pleasure than an opportunity of breaking with him . " I am justly punished ( thought he ) , but , oh ! my poor sacrificed girl , thou shouldst not have suffered for my fault ! " One night , at a masquerade , the duke ...
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... give me indepen- dence , and the man I love would then be securely mine ; " no sooner had she conceived this horrid idea , than she formed a plan for the destruction of the man to whose generosity she owed . every thing . Equally artful ...
... give me indepen- dence , and the man I love would then be securely mine ; " no sooner had she conceived this horrid idea , than she formed a plan for the destruction of the man to whose generosity she owed . every thing . Equally artful ...
Page 36
... give me freedom and independence , nay , more , affluence , might I expect that Claudia would then be the chosen of thy heart ? " She pressed the hand of the marquis to her lips , while her fine eyes were tenderly fixed upon his face ...
... give me freedom and independence , nay , more , affluence , might I expect that Claudia would then be the chosen of thy heart ? " She pressed the hand of the marquis to her lips , while her fine eyes were tenderly fixed upon his face ...
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... give me liberty and affluence , and that must be the death of Montoni ! " He De Laney was thunderstruck . put her from him , and gazed wildly on her for a moment . " Woman ! ( ex- claimed he ) , woman ! no , ' tis profana- tion to call ...
... give me liberty and affluence , and that must be the death of Montoni ! " He De Laney was thunderstruck . put her from him , and gazed wildly on her for a moment . " Woman ! ( ex- claimed he ) , woman ! no , ' tis profana- tion to call ...
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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 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 thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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Page 112 - 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.
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