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My daughter is yet a child ( said the signor D'Albici , smiling at his warmth ) , and one year would not render her a woman , neither should I chuse to form any positive engagement for her ; but be assured count , that I have the ...
My daughter is yet a child ( said the signor D'Albici , smiling at his warmth ) , and one year would not render her a woman , neither should I chuse to form any positive engagement for her ; but be assured count , that I have the ...
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... that no person but her woman , on whose fidelity he relied implicitly , had access to his daughter ; but vigilant as the signor was , yet love triumphed over his caution , and D'Ro- sonio contrived to convey to his Clemen- tina the ...
... that no person but her woman , on whose fidelity he relied implicitly , had access to his daughter ; but vigilant as the signor was , yet love triumphed over his caution , and D'Ro- sonio contrived to convey to his Clemen- tina the ...
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stored to peace , he will remember me only as an ambitious , inconstant woman , and such a being he cannot regret . " At this thought her tears flowed with ad- ded bitterness , and the romantic ge- nerosity which dictated her resolution ...
stored to peace , he will remember me only as an ambitious , inconstant woman , and such a being he cannot regret . " At this thought her tears flowed with ad- ded bitterness , and the romantic ge- nerosity which dictated her resolution ...
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Beauty is the gift of all others which our sex most 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 ...
Beauty is the gift of all others which our sex most 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 ...
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She quitted him as she spoke , and for a moment he was tempted to trans- gress the promise which he had just given , and follow her ; but the dread of losing her prevented him ; he had never before seen a woman that interested him so ...
She quitted him as she spoke , and for a moment he was tempted to trans- gress the promise which he had just given , and follow her ; but the dread of losing her prevented him ; he had never before seen a woman that interested him so ...
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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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