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support the thought of your perfidy . You , in whom I had treasured up every hope of future happiness , for whom I would with transport have shed my heart's best blood , you who have always seemed so generous , so nobly disin- terested ...
support the thought of your perfidy . You , in whom I had treasured up every hope of future happiness , for whom I would with transport have shed my heart's best blood , you who have always seemed so generous , so nobly disin- terested ...
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At this thought her tears flowed with ad- ded bitterness , and the romantic ge- nerosity which dictated her resolution , gave way to the desire of being justified in the eyes of her lover . " I must write to him ( thought she ) , I must ...
At this thought her tears flowed with ad- ded bitterness , and the romantic ge- nerosity which dictated her resolution , gave way to the desire of being justified in the eyes of her lover . " I must write to him ( thought she ) , I must ...
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city , was at last obvious to the signor , and he saw that his child was a miser- able victim to his own ambition : this thought preyed upon his mind , and the care which the duchess took to conceal from him all the causes of actual un- ...
city , was at last obvious to the signor , and he saw that his child was a miser- able victim to his own ambition : this thought preyed upon his mind , and the care which the duchess took to conceal from him all the causes of actual un- ...
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Pardon me , lovely signora ( cried the duke , interrupting her ) , and allow for the force of your charms on a sus- ceptible heart ; I thought indeed to have seen beauty , but I did not expect to have beheld such uncommon loveli- ness ...
Pardon me , lovely signora ( cried the duke , interrupting her ) , and allow for the force of your charms on a sus- ceptible heart ; I thought indeed to have seen beauty , but I did not expect to have beheld such uncommon loveli- ness ...
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A few minutes thought enabled her to frame a story , that completely imposed upon the benevolent and unsuspecting Montoni . She was , she said , an orphan , and destitute of any means of support ; she came to Rome to seek a service ...
A few minutes thought enabled her to frame a story , that completely imposed upon the benevolent and unsuspecting Montoni . She was , she said , an orphan , and destitute of any means of support ; she came to Rome to seek a service ...
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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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