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Page 110
... mother had been sensibly felt by Fernando , and with the most pious solicitude did he endeavour to soothe the sorrows of his remaining parent ; but the barbed arrow had sunk too deep for the hand of filial piety to extract it , and in ...
... mother had been sensibly felt by Fernando , and with the most pious solicitude did he endeavour to soothe the sorrows of his remaining parent ; but the barbed arrow had sunk too deep for the hand of filial piety to extract it , and in ...
Page 111
... mother's intreaties , had always been severe and haughty to their domestics ; in particular , a venerable old man , whose whole life had been spent in the family of Montalva , had frequently been much hurt at the unfeeling insolence of ...
... mother's intreaties , had always been severe and haughty to their domestics ; in particular , a venerable old man , whose whole life had been spent in the family of Montalva , had frequently been much hurt at the unfeeling insolence of ...
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... mother , but the penetrating eye of the signora saw through the heartless civilities of her son ; saw and despised the motives from whence they sprung , and his want of filial piety , was no small aggravation of her grief . i She was ...
... mother , but the penetrating eye of the signora saw through the heartless civilities of her son ; saw and despised the motives from whence they sprung , and his want of filial piety , was no small aggravation of her grief . i She was ...
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... mother ; this was the severest blow I had ever met with ; and but for Alberti- na , I should have sunk under it : she was indeed an angel of consolation , and her pious cares at length succeeded in calming my mind , and restoring me to ...
... mother ; this was the severest blow I had ever met with ; and but for Alberti- na , I should have sunk under it : she was indeed an angel of consolation , and her pious cares at length succeeded in calming my mind , and restoring me to ...
Page 204
... in consequence of the loss of her mother ; she took up her abode for some time with the nuns of St. Cathe- rine ; and Di Soranzo often visited her . " We have here , ( cried she one day to him ) , one of the loveliest girls I 204.
... in consequence of the loss of her mother ; she took up her abode for some time with the nuns of St. Cathe- rine ; and Di Soranzo often visited her . " We have here , ( cried she one day to him ) , one of the loveliest girls I 204.
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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 thou art thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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Page 116 - 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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Page 110 - 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.
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