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... received the Duke D'Vinci , would have induced any man of delicacy to withdraw his addresses ; but delicacy had no place in the mind of the duke . He saw the coldness , the aversion which she felt for him , but he saw it with ...
... received the Duke D'Vinci , would have induced any man of delicacy to withdraw his addresses ; but delicacy had no place in the mind of the duke . He saw the coldness , the aversion which she felt for him , but he saw it with ...
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... received her advan- ces with transport , and for some time , their intrigue was carried on with secresy . Claudia gave the marquis several in- timations of her wish to desert Montoni for him , but to these hints he appeared insensible ...
... received her advan- ces with transport , and for some time , their intrigue was carried on with secresy . Claudia gave the marquis several in- timations of her wish to desert Montoni for him , but to these hints he appeared insensible ...
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... received her advan- ces with transport , and for some time , their intrigue was carried on with secresy . Claudia gave the marquis several in- timations of her wish to desert Montoni for him , but to these hints he appeared insensible ...
... received her advan- ces with transport , and for some time , their intrigue was carried on with secresy . Claudia gave the marquis several in- timations of her wish to desert Montoni for him , but to these hints he appeared insensible ...
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... received the following BILLET : " I know by the magic powers with which I am gifted , how extremely un- just you have been to your Sylph , but I forgive your suspicions ; believe me , it was not as you have thought , a wish to raise a ...
... received the following BILLET : " I know by the magic powers with which I am gifted , how extremely un- just you have been to your Sylph , but I forgive your suspicions ; believe me , it was not as you have thought , a wish to raise a ...
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... received a severe wound , and at the moment that he was sinking under his adversary's sword , D'Rosonio rushed forward to his assistance , and bore him from the field . This was the act which Montalva so solemnly vowed to re- member ...
... received a severe wound , and at the moment that he was sinking under his adversary's sword , D'Rosonio rushed forward to his assistance , and bore him from the field . This was the act which Montalva so solemnly vowed to re- member ...
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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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