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... I have the highest sense of the honour you do me in seeking my alliance , and I know not at present , that man to whom I would more willingly intrust the happiness of my child ; but I will not enter into any positive engagements .
... I have the highest sense of the honour you do me in seeking my alliance , and I know not at present , that man to whom I would more willingly intrust the happiness of my child ; but I will not enter into any positive engagements .
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... she yielded to his wishes , he thought her doing so proceeded from her unbounded passion for him ; and he felt proud of his imaginary triumph over the honour of a woman , whose favours had been already indiscrimirately bestowed .
... she yielded to his wishes , he thought her doing so proceeded from her unbounded passion for him ; and he felt proud of his imaginary triumph over the honour of a woman , whose favours had been already indiscrimirately bestowed .
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bring upon herself , felt highly gratified at the notice of the young signor ; and more from natural weakness of intellect than any passion for Montalva , or any decided depravity of character , she rea- dily surrendered her honour to ...
bring upon herself , felt highly gratified at the notice of the young signor ; and more from natural weakness of intellect than any passion for Montalva , or any decided depravity of character , she rea- dily surrendered her honour to ...
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Lodovic doated upon his bride , and had Montalva possessed the smallest degree of honour or humanity , Lauretta might have ended her days in happy obscurity , but convinced that all danger of discovery was over , Stephano's incli- ...
Lodovic doated upon his bride , and had Montalva possessed the smallest degree of honour or humanity , Lauretta might have ended her days in happy obscurity , but convinced that all danger of discovery was over , Stephano's incli- ...
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I shall think myself both honoured , and happy in your lordship's friendship , " replied the blushing and delighted Vic- toria , But alas ! friendship was too cold a name for the sentiment which the count G 2 soon inspired her with ...
I shall think myself both honoured , and happy in your lordship's friendship , " replied the blushing and delighted Vic- toria , But alas ! friendship was too cold a name for the sentiment which the count G 2 soon inspired her with ...
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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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