Montalva, or, Annals of guilt |
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... took it from her neck , and bitter indeed were the tears which she shed upon it , as she pressed it for the last time to her lips . It was a beautiful trinket , in the form of a heart , which her father had suffered her to accept from D ...
... took it from her neck , and bitter indeed were the tears which she shed upon it , as she pressed it for the last time to her lips . It was a beautiful trinket , in the form of a heart , which her father had suffered her to accept from D ...
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... took to conceal from him all the causes of actual un- happiness which she had , hurt him more than the keenest reproaches would have done ; he determined to remon- strate with the duke , but this idea he relinquished , when he ...
... took to conceal from him all the causes of actual un- happiness which she had , hurt him more than the keenest reproaches would have done ; he determined to remon- strate with the duke , but this idea he relinquished , when he ...
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... took the road to Rome . Faint , weary , and exhausted by fatigue and want of nourishment , she at last reached that city , and the ambitious resolution which had prompted her journey , had nearly sunk under the difficulties which she ...
... took the road to Rome . Faint , weary , and exhausted by fatigue and want of nourishment , she at last reached that city , and the ambitious resolution which had prompted her journey , had nearly sunk under the difficulties which she ...
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... took the road to Rome . Faint , weary , and exhausted by fatigue and want of nourishment , she at last reached that city , and the ambitious resolution which had prompted her journey , had nearly sunk under the difficulties which she ...
... took the road to Rome . Faint , weary , and exhausted by fatigue and want of nourishment , she at last reached that city , and the ambitious resolution which had prompted her journey , had nearly sunk under the difficulties which she ...
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... took more than usual pains to adorn her person against their next meeting , which she purposely deferred for some time ; at last a welcome sum- mons reached De Laney , and he flew . to the place of appointment . " Claudia , my angel ...
... took more than usual pains to adorn her person against their next meeting , which she purposely deferred for some time ; at last a welcome sum- mons reached De Laney , and he flew . to the place of appointment . " Claudia , my angel ...
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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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Page 112 - 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.
Page 86 - Bath, and the waters had some effect upon him ; but upon his return to the metropolis he was seized with a violent fever, which carried him off in a few days. The...
Page 106 - 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.
Page 67 - They had not been long at sea when a violent storm arose, and in a few hours.
Page 154 - I had, for the first time, ah opportunity of speaking to her in private, and I resolved not to lose it. " ' You are about to become our sister, I find