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The manner in which she received the Duke D'Vinci , would have induced any man of delicacy to withdraw his addresses ; but delicacy had no place in the mind of the duke . He saw the coldness , the aversion which she felt for him ...
The manner in which she received the Duke D'Vinci , would have induced any man of delicacy to withdraw his addresses ; but delicacy had no place in the mind of the duke . He saw the coldness , the aversion which she felt for him ...
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This incoherent , but faithful picture of a disordered mind , increased the an- guish of Clementina ; and for some time she hesitated about answering it . " Ah ! ( said she , mentally ) , let him think me perfidious , he will then be ...
This incoherent , but faithful picture of a disordered mind , increased the an- guish of Clementina ; and for some time she hesitated about answering it . " Ah ! ( said she , mentally ) , let him think me perfidious , he will then be ...
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His mind was too rightly turned to at- tempt to influence Clementina to act in opposition to the dictates of her consci- ence , and unable to remain and witness her marriage , he quitted Naples for some time .
His mind was too rightly turned to at- tempt to influence Clementina to act in opposition to the dictates of her consci- ence , and unable to remain and witness her marriage , he quitted Naples for some time .
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city , was at last obvious to the signor , and he saw that his child was a miser- able victim to his own ambition : this thought preyed upon his mind , and the care which the duchess took to conceal from him all the causes of actual un- ...
city , was at last obvious to the signor , and he saw that his child was a miser- able victim to his own ambition : this thought preyed upon his mind , and the care which the duchess took to conceal from him all the causes of actual un- ...
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I acknowledge , benevolent sylph ( replied the duke , who had listened to her soft accents with pleasure ) , that the most gloomy reflections had , at that moment , taken possession of my mind , but thy magic powers have already ...
I acknowledge , benevolent sylph ( replied the duke , who had listened to her soft accents with pleasure ) , that the most gloomy reflections had , at that moment , taken possession of my mind , but thy magic powers have already ...
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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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