Delphine, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1803 |
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... husband , is my most intimate friend . She has confirmed with joy all the legacies which M. d'Albemar left me . Living in retirement in a convent at Montpellier , all her wishes are more than gratified by the fortune she possesses . I ...
... husband , is my most intimate friend . She has confirmed with joy all the legacies which M. d'Albemar left me . Living in retirement in a convent at Montpellier , all her wishes are more than gratified by the fortune she possesses . I ...
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... husband , and there fhe has ac- quired the art of covering her defects with an amiable exterior , which produces the submission of all those that surround her . Every thing I hear of Leonce de Monde- ville , persuades me that you will ...
... husband , and there fhe has ac- quired the art of covering her defects with an amiable exterior , which produces the submission of all those that surround her . Every thing I hear of Leonce de Monde- ville , persuades me that you will ...
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... husband only to secure to me his fortune . A protecting bounty and a delicate gallantry marked the whole of his conduct . His passion for me united all that is most amiable , all that is moft pleas- ing in the affection of a father ...
... husband only to secure to me his fortune . A protecting bounty and a delicate gallantry marked the whole of his conduct . His passion for me united all that is most amiable , all that is moft pleas- ing in the affection of a father ...
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... husband , on his return from the American war , commenced , in the calm retirement of a country life , the examination of all those great mo . ral questions which the human mind is capable of investigating . He believed in God , he ...
... husband , on his return from the American war , commenced , in the calm retirement of a country life , the examination of all those great mo . ral questions which the human mind is capable of investigating . He believed in God , he ...
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... husband , could not have resembled him less . His fortune and my poverty were the only motives of our marriage . I was long very unhappy . At last I became inured to M. de Vernon's defects , and succeeded in somewhat smoothing the ...
... husband , could not have resembled him less . His fortune and my poverty were the only motives of our marriage . I was long very unhappy . At last I became inured to M. de Vernon's defects , and succeeded in somewhat smoothing the ...
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