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... Peace was proclaimed soon after , and the friends , who were now truly at tached to each other , were unwilling to separate ; they resolved to visit Madrid together , and Montalva indulged a hope that the ladies of that celebrated city ...
... Peace was proclaimed soon after , and the friends , who were now truly at tached to each other , were unwilling to separate ; they resolved to visit Madrid together , and Montalva indulged a hope that the ladies of that celebrated city ...
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... peace which , as the wife of Don Juan , I should never again taste . " " I cannot proceed with the cere- mony ( said the bishop to Don Juan ) , and I could wish , sir , to speak to you in private . Don Juan and Donna Clara left the ...
... peace which , as the wife of Don Juan , I should never again taste . " " I cannot proceed with the cere- mony ( said the bishop to Don Juan ) , and I could wish , sir , to speak to you in private . Don Juan and Donna Clara left the ...
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... peace of the unfor- tunate signor though he had sacrificed his daughter to his ambition , yet , he tenderly loved her ; and the knowledge , that in the midst of pomp and splen- dour , she was more miserable than she could have been in ...
... peace of the unfor- tunate signor though he had sacrificed his daughter to his ambition , yet , he tenderly loved her ; and the knowledge , that in the midst of pomp and splen- dour , she was more miserable than she could have been in ...
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... peace , and had he been armed at the moment that he sur- prised the guilty pair , the life of Montalvo might have paid the forfeit of his crime . Lauretta threw herself at the feet of her husband , but he spurned her from him , and ...
... peace , and had he been armed at the moment that he sur- prised the guilty pair , the life of Montalvo might have paid the forfeit of his crime . Lauretta threw herself at the feet of her husband , but he spurned her from him , and ...
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... peace to see the fourth . Poor old man thought the signora , little didst thou think that thy peace would be destroyed by a descendant of that house to which thou wert so fondly attached . Determined , before she acquainted her husband ...
... peace to see the fourth . Poor old man thought the signora , little didst thou think that thy peace would be destroyed by a descendant of that house to which thou wert so fondly attached . Determined , before she acquainted her husband ...
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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.
Page 69 - They had not been long at sea when a violent storm arose, and in a few hours.
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