Montalva, or, Annals of guilt |
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... noble , or less feeling than his cousin , was the heart of D'Rosonio ; but his temper , naturally grave ; had been saddened even to melancholy , by a disappointment which he met with in the dawn of his life : he had loved from his ...
... noble , or less feeling than his cousin , was the heart of D'Rosonio ; but his temper , naturally grave ; had been saddened even to melancholy , by a disappointment which he met with in the dawn of his life : he had loved from his ...
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... noble Sicilian , whose husband had lately purchased a palace in the neighbourhood of Claudia's parents ; gentleness and dignity were equally the characteristics of the couns tess ; but though she was pleased with the uncommon beauty of ...
... noble Sicilian , whose husband had lately purchased a palace in the neighbourhood of Claudia's parents ; gentleness and dignity were equally the characteristics of the couns tess ; but though she was pleased with the uncommon beauty of ...
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... noble birth , and that she had been early in her life united to a man much older than her- self , and who was since dead ; business she said , induced her to visit Naples , and a chance view of him , inspired her with a passion that had ...
... noble birth , and that she had been early in her life united to a man much older than her- self , and who was since dead ; business she said , induced her to visit Naples , and a chance view of him , inspired her with a passion that had ...
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... noble and loyal subject to sink beneath evident injustice and oppression . " It is probable that the threats of the bishop had more weight with Don Juan than his arguments or intreaties ; but the lovers cared little to what motives they ...
... noble and loyal subject to sink beneath evident injustice and oppression . " It is probable that the threats of the bishop had more weight with Don Juan than his arguments or intreaties ; but the lovers cared little to what motives they ...
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... noble use thou wouldst have made of the princely inheritance of my ancestors , which , in thy hands , would have been a blessing to thousands , I cannot but repine that it is lost to us for ever . " Montalva wiped away the pearly drops ...
... noble use thou wouldst have made of the princely inheritance of my ancestors , which , in thy hands , would have been a blessing to thousands , I cannot but repine that it is lost to us for ever . " Montalva wiped away the pearly drops ...
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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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