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... I have the highest sense of the honour you do me in seeking my alliance , and I know not at present , that man to whom I would more willingly intrust the happiness of my child ; but I will not enter into any positive engagements .
... I have the highest sense of the honour you do me in seeking my alliance , and I know not at present , that man to whom I would more willingly intrust the happiness of my child ; but I will not enter into any positive engagements .
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Look around thee , oh child of the dust ( said she to the duke ) , all here is calculated to touch the senses , and to dazzle the imagination ; the hand of beauty presents to thee the cup of pleasure , and her seducing voice invites ...
Look around thee , oh child of the dust ( said she to the duke ) , all here is calculated to touch the senses , and to dazzle the imagination ; the hand of beauty presents to thee the cup of pleasure , and her seducing voice invites ...
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This Rosonio , is our present situa- tion . My angelic Clara flatters herself in vain with the hope of escaping the power of Don Juan ; how easily may he have the ceremony performed in spite of her tears or reluctance : this idea ...
This Rosonio , is our present situa- tion . My angelic Clara flatters herself in vain with the hope of escaping the power of Don Juan ; how easily may he have the ceremony performed in spite of her tears or reluctance : this idea ...
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... whose fidelity she had the firmést re- liance , and this girl had been as much attached to her as the depraved are capable of being to each other , till her connexion with Carlo Riccolini , her present paramour .
... whose fidelity she had the firmést re- liance , and this girl had been as much attached to her as the depraved are capable of being to each other , till her connexion with Carlo Riccolini , her present paramour .
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... you know that I am at present poor - you know that I would not refuse 1 the you money if 1 had it ; when did Claudia refuse a re- quest of Carlo's " " But if you have not the money , you have jewels , " ( replied he , in 82.
... you know that I am at present poor - you know that I would not refuse 1 the you money if 1 had it ; when did Claudia refuse a re- quest of Carlo's " " But if you have not the money , you have jewels , " ( replied he , in 82.
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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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