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... surely you can never , sacrifice yourself , a willing victim at the cursed shrine of ambition . " I am convinced I must have been imposed upon , I am certain that your heart is still unchanged . Clementina , my angel , forgive me , for ...
... surely you can never , sacrifice yourself , a willing victim at the cursed shrine of ambition . " I am convinced I must have been imposed upon , I am certain that your heart is still unchanged . Clementina , my angel , forgive me , for ...
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... surely , Montalva ( cried the count ) , or you have hitherto been very secret in your amour , for I never had the least idea of it . " " To all my secrets thou art welcome , D'Rosonio ( replied his friend ) , but this was not my own ...
... surely , Montalva ( cried the count ) , or you have hitherto been very secret in your amour , for I never had the least idea of it . " " To all my secrets thou art welcome , D'Rosonio ( replied his friend ) , but this was not my own ...
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... him . ' of 、" I have not courage to run the risk of being rejected , and perhaps scorned ( said Clara ) . Don Juan will not surely attempt to carry his threats into effect ; but if he should , I have still a resource 54.
... him . ' of 、" I have not courage to run the risk of being rejected , and perhaps scorned ( said Clara ) . Don Juan will not surely attempt to carry his threats into effect ; but if he should , I have still a resource 54.
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... torn by a struggle to perform those duties to which it is unequal . " To voluntarily doom a fellow being to such a state of misery , is an act of cruelty of which a generous mind must surely be incapable ; and in this case your wish 71.
... torn by a struggle to perform those duties to which it is unequal . " To voluntarily doom a fellow being to such a state of misery , is an act of cruelty of which a generous mind must surely be incapable ; and in this case your wish 71.
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Ann Mary Hamilton. surely be incapable ; and in this case your wish to do so would be a vain one ; that interest which you well know I possess at court , and which I have never yet exerted for myself , shall be strained to the utmost in ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. surely be incapable ; and in this case your wish to do so would be a vain one ; that interest which you well know I possess at court , and which I have never yet exerted for myself , shall be strained to the utmost in ...
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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 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 thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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