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Page 85
... supplicate the mercy of Heaven for her guilty husband . The short interval of kindness , which had succeeded his cruel treatment of her , had wholly oblite- rated from the gentle and feeling mind of Clementina all 85.
... supplicate the mercy of Heaven for her guilty husband . The short interval of kindness , which had succeeded his cruel treatment of her , had wholly oblite- rated from the gentle and feeling mind of Clementina all 85.
Page 86
Ann Mary Hamilton. rated from the gentle and feeling mind of Clementina all traces of resentment ; and she wept bitterly , when she re- flected upon the unprepared state in which he was called to his last ac- count . The lover who for ...
Ann Mary Hamilton. rated from the gentle and feeling mind of Clementina all traces of resentment ; and she wept bitterly , when she re- flected upon the unprepared state in which he was called to his last ac- count . The lover who for ...
Page 94
... feeling the smallest interest or affection for any human being it was for Fernando , whose lively regard and incessant acts of kind- ness made some impression even on his callous heart . When Fernando was about fifteen , as he was one ...
... feeling the smallest interest or affection for any human being it was for Fernando , whose lively regard and incessant acts of kind- ness made some impression even on his callous heart . When Fernando was about fifteen , as he was one ...
Page 97
... he ) , and at your age to be alive to the duties of hunianity , shows a good and feeling heart ; accept the thanks and blessing of a poor old man , and believe VOL . I. F that your stowed . " benevolence will not be ill 97.
... he ) , and at your age to be alive to the duties of hunianity , shows a good and feeling heart ; accept the thanks and blessing of a poor old man , and believe VOL . I. F that your stowed . " benevolence will not be ill 97.
Page 102
... feel the warmest gratitude for what I had done , and to ascribe his success solely to my advice and assist- ance : but while I saw with pleasure that he daily throve more and more , I found that , by one of those vicissitudes which ...
... feel the warmest gratitude for what I had done , and to ascribe his success solely to my advice and assist- ance : but while I saw with pleasure that he daily throve more and more , I found that , by one of those vicissitudes which ...
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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