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ral far from accomplished , but the re- tirement in which she had always lived , had been favourable to the mind of Sig- nora Montalva . Naturally of an active temper , she had , instead of passing her time like the gencrality of her ...
ral far from accomplished , but the re- tirement in which she had always lived , had been favourable to the mind of Sig- nora Montalva . Naturally of an active temper , she had , instead of passing her time like the gencrality of her ...
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He went to Rome , and there married a woman whose for- tune was superior to his own ; he re- turned with her to Naples , and for some time he lived in a stile of luxury and . extravagance ill befitting his situation 2 A in life .
He went to Rome , and there married a woman whose for- tune was superior to his own ; he re- turned with her to Naples , and for some time he lived in a stile of luxury and . extravagance ill befitting his situation 2 A in life .
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The count had looked for- ward with delight to the moment that was to make him a father ; little did he think the price which he was to pay for that endearing name ; his adored wife lived to give birth to a daughter , but her angelic ...
The count had looked for- ward with delight to the moment that was to make him a father ; little did he think the price which he was to pay for that endearing name ; his adored wife lived to give birth to a daughter , but her angelic ...
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Under her protection I lived happily , from the time I lost my parents till about a year back , when her husband , the Signor Velloni , happened to have an affair of honour with the son of one of the most powerful of our Neapolitan ...
Under her protection I lived happily , from the time I lost my parents till about a year back , when her husband , the Signor Velloni , happened to have an affair of honour with the son of one of the most powerful of our Neapolitan ...
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... felt grateful for the disinterested kind- ness of the rough , but honest seaman ; as soon as Montalva was able to go . abroad , the captain hastened to embrace his family , who lived in retirement a few miles from the metropolis .
... felt grateful for the disinterested kind- ness of the rough , but honest seaman ; as soon as Montalva was able to go . abroad , the captain hastened to embrace his family , who lived in retirement a few miles from the metropolis .
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| Title | Montalva, or, Annals of guilt Montalva, or, Annals of guilt, Ann Mary Hamilton |
| Author | Ann Mary Hamilton |
| Published | 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Jul 2006 |
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