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In truth ( 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 ...
In truth ( 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 ...
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I acknowledge , benevolent 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 , but thy magic powers have already ...
I acknowledge , benevolent 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 , but thy magic powers have already ...
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She pressed the hand of the marquis to her lips , 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 ...
She pressed the hand of the marquis to her lips , 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 ...
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... seizing the hand which she held out to him , 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 . ) ...
... seizing the hand which she held out to him , 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 . ) ...
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To all my secrets thou art welcome , D'Rosonio ( 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 ...
To all my secrets thou art welcome , D'Rosonio ( 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 ...
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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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