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Page 39
... she feigned illness , and retired to bed ; had she . possessed the smallest spark of feeling , the kindness of the signor would have wrung her heart . The agitation of her • spirits had produced a slight degree of fever , 39.
... she feigned illness , and retired to bed ; had she . possessed the smallest spark of feeling , the kindness of the signor would have wrung her heart . The agitation of her • spirits had produced a slight degree of fever , 39.
Page 39
... return she feigned illness , and retired to bed ; had she possessed the smallest spark of feeling , the kindness of the signor would have her heart . The agitation of her . wrung spirits had produced a slight degree of fever , which 39.
... return she feigned illness , and retired to bed ; had she possessed the smallest spark of feeling , the kindness of the signor would have her heart . The agitation of her . wrung spirits had produced a slight degree of fever , which 39.
Page 76
... house , and his death was , by all but the duke , supposed to be accidental . The grief of the duchess for her father , was a little alle- viated by the kindness and attention with which her husband treated her ; and she received 76.
... house , and his death was , by all but the duke , supposed to be accidental . The grief of the duchess for her father , was a little alle- viated by the kindness and attention with which her husband treated her ; and she received 76.
Page 85
... she supplicate the mercy of Heaven for her guilty husband . The short interval of kindness , which had succeeded his cruel treatment of her , had wholly oblite- rated from the gentle and feeling mind of Clementina all 85.
... she supplicate the mercy of Heaven for her guilty husband . The short interval of kindness , which had succeeded his cruel treatment of her , had wholly oblite- rated from the gentle and feeling mind of Clementina all 85.
Page 104
... kindness . 66 6 Why do not you apply to your brother ? ' was the reply of all those from whom I solicited assistance : he is rich and childless , doubtless he will enable you again to enter life with credit . ' " Alas ! so far from ...
... kindness . 66 6 Why do not you apply to your brother ? ' was the reply of all those from whom I solicited assistance : he is rich and childless , doubtless he will enable you again to enter life with credit . ' " Alas ! so far from ...
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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.
Page 86 - 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 106 - 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 67 - They had not been long at sea when a violent storm arose, and in a few hours.
Page 154 - 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