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... be one pos- sessed of riches ; but the beauty of Clara , her situation , and above all , her partiality for me , determined me to make her mine , if she consented . I am disgusted with the gay scenes of dissipation ; and 60.
... be one pos- sessed of riches ; but the beauty of Clara , her situation , and above all , her partiality for me , determined me to make her mine , if she consented . I am disgusted with the gay scenes of dissipation ; and 60.
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... man , beseeches your mercy to his child : recal to your me- mory the moment that gave my Cle- mentina to your arms , blooming in youth , health , and beauty ; view her now E 2 75 of her husband's conduct she had been ...
... man , beseeches your mercy to his child : recal to your me- mory the moment that gave my Cle- mentina to your arms , blooming in youth , health , and beauty ; view her now E 2 75 of her husband's conduct she had been ...
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Ann Mary Hamilton. youth , health , and beauty ; view her now , sinking beneath affliction , and young as she still is , exhibiting scarcely the remains of her former self . Ask your own conscience , who has caused the change ? Oh ! let ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. youth , health , and beauty ; view her now , sinking beneath affliction , and young as she still is , exhibiting scarcely the remains of her former self . Ask your own conscience , who has caused the change ? Oh ! let ...
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... youth whose genero- sity had restored her to him , to be the comfort of his age : she was at this time little more than a child , but her opening loveliness gave a rich promise of beauty in her maturer 108 CHAP. VI. ...
... youth whose genero- sity had restored her to him , to be the comfort of his age : she was at this time little more than a child , but her opening loveliness gave a rich promise of beauty in her maturer 108 CHAP. VI. ...
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Ann Mary Hamilton. loveliness gave a rich promise of beauty in her maturer years . The life of D'Rosonio had from his union with Clementina been one conti- nued scene of happiness ; but the time approached that was to deprive him of the ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. loveliness gave a rich promise of beauty in her maturer years . The life of D'Rosonio had from his union with Clementina been one conti- nued scene of happiness ; but the time approached that was to deprive him of the ...
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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 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 thou art thought tion turbed unhappy Valeria Victoria Viola vowed wife wish woman wretched young
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Page 114 - 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 88 - 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 108 - 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.
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Page 156 - 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