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... wish to be thought possessed of it , nor is there any woman , who would chuse to own herself desti- tute of all pretensions to it , if she was conscious that she was speaking the truth . You will think me a strange mad creature , for ...
... wish to be thought possessed of it , nor is there any woman , who would chuse to own herself desti- tute of all pretensions to it , if she was conscious that she was speaking the truth . You will think me a strange mad creature , for ...
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... wish that he might be the great signor destined to raise her from obscurity ; any hope of his mar- rying her , she did not indulge , but she would have thought herself happy in being his mistress . Montoni soon returned to Rome , and ...
... wish that he might be the great signor destined to raise her from obscurity ; any hope of his mar- rying her , she did not indulge , but she would have thought herself happy in being his mistress . Montoni soon returned to Rome , and ...
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... wish she expressed to remain with him . He desired her to retire , and he began to consider the matter in a new light ; that Claudia . loved him , he was strongly inclined to believe , but the pride of birth forbade him to transplant ...
... wish she expressed to remain with him . He desired her to retire , and he began to consider the matter in a new light ; that Claudia . loved him , he was strongly inclined to believe , but the pride of birth forbade him to transplant ...
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... wish to desert Montoni for him , but to these hints he appeared insensible ; he was indeed fascinated with her person , but his fortune was moderate , and he did not wish to di- minish it , by supporting a mistress in that stile of ...
... wish to desert Montoni for him , but to these hints he appeared insensible ; he was indeed fascinated with her person , but his fortune was moderate , and he did not wish to di- minish it , by supporting a mistress in that stile of ...
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Ann Mary Hamilton. ticed , and she divined his motives ; but a wish to devote herself to him , in- spired her with a design the most dia- bolical that ever entered the heart of an abandoned woman . 19 · Montoni had a favourite nephew ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. ticed , and she divined his motives ; but a wish to devote herself to him , in- spired her with a design the most dia- bolical that ever entered the heart of an abandoned woman . 19 · Montoni had a favourite nephew ...
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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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