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Page 52
... offer willingly ( replied Montalva ) , for I know the sin- cerity with which it is made ; but in this affair , thou canst not serve me . The mistress of my heart is about to be sacrificed to age and deformity , and so strictly is she ...
... offer willingly ( replied Montalva ) , for I know the sin- cerity with which it is made ; but in this affair , thou canst not serve me . The mistress of my heart is about to be sacrificed to age and deformity , and so strictly is she ...
Page 55
... offered to my in- clinations , and declare an intention of taking the veil in a cloister , I shall at least enjoy tranquillity , if I must not hope for happiness . ' : " The last words were scarcely articu late , and the moment after ...
... offered to my in- clinations , and declare an intention of taking the veil in a cloister , I shall at least enjoy tranquillity , if I must not hope for happiness . ' : " The last words were scarcely articu late , and the moment after ...
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... offered him my whole fortune , for I well knew your disinterested affection for me would in- duce you to resign it with pleasure , but he has vowed , solemnly vowed , never to yield my hand to another . To escape is impossible , I have ...
... offered him my whole fortune , for I well knew your disinterested affection for me would in- duce you to resign it with pleasure , but he has vowed , solemnly vowed , never to yield my hand to another . To escape is impossible , I have ...
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... offer I made him of my whole fortune , I begged to be allowed to spend one year in a convent ; ( if he was indeed deter- mined to force me to be his , before our union took place ) ; but even this re- quest was denied me , and he ...
... offer I made him of my whole fortune , I begged to be allowed to spend one year in a convent ; ( if he was indeed deter- mined to force me to be his , before our union took place ) ; but even this re- quest was denied me , and he ...
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... offer to Heaven ( said he ) , a heart that is already fixed upon an earthly lover , is a profanation that fre- quently calls down the Divine ven- geance . In the gloom and solitude of a cloister , where no objects occur to interest or ...
... offer to Heaven ( said he ) , a heart that is already fixed upon an earthly lover , is a profanation that fre- quently calls down the Divine ven- geance . In the gloom and solitude of a cloister , where no objects occur to interest or ...
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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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