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... ( replied the count ) , you owe me no obligation , what I did arose from actual selfishness . " 66 Selfishness , Fernando ! what , at the hazard of your own life to preserve mine ? how can you prove that there ' was any thing selfish in ...
... ( replied the count ) , you owe me no obligation , what I did arose from actual selfishness . " 66 Selfishness , Fernando ! what , at the hazard of your own life to preserve mine ? how can you prove that there ' was any thing selfish in ...
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... sylph ( replied the duke , who had listened to her soft accents with pleasure ) , that the most gloomy reflections had , at that moment , taken possession of my mind , F but thy magic powers have already dis- pelled them 17.
... sylph ( replied the duke , who had listened to her soft accents with pleasure ) , that the most gloomy reflections had , at that moment , taken possession of my mind , F but thy magic powers have already dis- pelled them 17.
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... , while her fine eyes were tenderly fixed upon his face , as she spoke . " Dearest Claudia ( replied he ) , thou knowest that to be able to call thee wholly mine , would be the greatest happiness of my life ; had my fortune been ample 36.
... , while her fine eyes were tenderly fixed upon his face , as she spoke . " Dearest Claudia ( replied he ) , thou knowest that to be able to call thee wholly mine , would be the greatest happiness of my life ; had my fortune been ample 36.
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... and pressing . it with rapture to his lips , ) for this favour ? " - " Which you began to think I never meant to grant you . Is it not so , sig- nor " ( replied she , with an arch smile . ) " I shall begin to believe that you are indeed 46.
... and pressing . it with rapture to his lips , ) for this favour ? " - " Which you began to think I never meant to grant you . Is it not so , sig- nor " ( replied she , with an arch smile . ) " I shall begin to believe that you are indeed 46.
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... ( replied his friend ) , but this was not my own , it was in truth intrusted to me by a fond and unsus- pecting girl , and I had pledged my- self to her , that not even the man nearest to my heart , should know it till she gave me ...
... ( replied his friend ) , but this was not my own , it was in truth intrusted to me by a fond and unsus- pecting girl , and I had pledged my- self to her , that not even the man nearest to my heart , should know it till she gave me ...
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affection 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 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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