The Confessional of Valombre: A Romance ...Printed at the Minerva-Press, for A. K. Newman and Company, 1812 |
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... heart has ceased to throb with hope's sweet fer- vour , and to whom the lingering hours of existence have closed the blank of slavery ' tis for that being alone to conceive the wild , the tumultuous emotions which agitated my soul , and ...
... heart has ceased to throb with hope's sweet fer- vour , and to whom the lingering hours of existence have closed the blank of slavery ' tis for that being alone to conceive the wild , the tumultuous emotions which agitated my soul , and ...
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... heart throbbed with the magic impulse of feeling : the organ was touched with a tremulous hand , and the Libera Mei was sobbed rather than chaunted . и 5 Father Father Theophile had died in the ser- vice of benevolence CONFESSIONAL OF ...
... heart throbbed with the magic impulse of feeling : the organ was touched with a tremulous hand , and the Libera Mei was sobbed rather than chaunted . и 5 Father Father Theophile had died in the ser- vice of benevolence CONFESSIONAL OF ...
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... heart throbbed ; his cheeks glowed ; a smile lightened up his features , for fancy , piercing the barrier , conjured the sylphid form of his ideal worship . He sprung forward ; impulsive was his action , light was his step , for the ...
... heart throbbed ; his cheeks glowed ; a smile lightened up his features , for fancy , piercing the barrier , conjured the sylphid form of his ideal worship . He sprung forward ; impulsive was his action , light was his step , for the ...
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... heart throb in sentiment ; still were his did 260 CONFESSIONAL OF VALOMBRE . own; love had bound every impulse of ...
... heart throb in sentiment ; still were his did 260 CONFESSIONAL OF VALOMBRE . own; love had bound every impulse of ...
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A Romance ... Louisa Sidney Stanhope. did his heart throb in sentiment ; still were his eyes suffused in sensibility ; still did his lips murmur a petition for her re- appearance : but that petition was un- heard ; she came not , and ...
A Romance ... Louisa Sidney Stanhope. did his heart throb in sentiment ; still were his eyes suffused in sensibility ; still did his lips murmur a petition for her re- appearance : but that petition was un- heard ; she came not , and ...
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