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Page 65
... felt indignant that such a being should presume to aspire to the hand of the young and lovely Clara . Joy and exultation sparkled in the eyes of Don Juan , and the friends were surprised at the calmness with which Clara behaved ; she ...
... felt indignant that such a being should presume to aspire to the hand of the young and lovely Clara . Joy and exultation sparkled in the eyes of Don Juan , and the friends were surprised at the calmness with which Clara behaved ; she ...
Page 70
... different sensations to what he felt when he repaired to the church . Hope , which was then extinct , now revived in his heart , and whispered , that Clara might yet be his . 4 Nor were her whispers false , the good bishop 70.
... different sensations to what he felt when he repaired to the church . Hope , which was then extinct , now revived in his heart , and whispered , that Clara might yet be his . 4 Nor were her whispers false , the good bishop 70.
Page 94
... felt , partly from habit and partly from the natural goodness of his heart , the warmest friendship for his cousin ; and if Stephano was capable of feeling the smallest interest or affection for any human being it was for Fernando ...
... felt , partly from habit and partly from the natural goodness of his heart , the warmest friendship for his cousin ; and if Stephano was capable of feeling the smallest interest or affection for any human being it was for Fernando ...
Page 110
... felt by Fernando , and with the most pious solicitude did he endeavour to soothe the sorrows of his remaining parent ; but the barbed arrow had sunk too deep for the hand of filial piety to extract it , and in less than a year the Count ...
... felt by Fernando , and with the most pious solicitude did he endeavour to soothe the sorrows of his remaining parent ; but the barbed arrow had sunk too deep for the hand of filial piety to extract it , and in less than a year the Count ...
Page 112
... grandfather . He found indeed no difficulty in gain- ing the affections of the pretty and simple Lauretta , who utterly unconsci ous of the ruin which she was about to bring upon herself , felt highly gratified at the notice 112.
... grandfather . He found indeed no difficulty in gain- ing the affections of the pretty and simple Lauretta , who utterly unconsci ous of the ruin which she was about to bring upon herself , felt highly gratified at the notice 112.
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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