The Foundling of Belgrade: A Translation from the French |
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... attachment . " I have a niece , Alfonso - young , beautiful , and heir- ess to all my wealth . In the convent of St. Clare , this lovely bud , the last of the houses of Jacca and Aranza , has been immured for years . To introduce her to ...
... attachment . " I have a niece , Alfonso - young , beautiful , and heir- ess to all my wealth . In the convent of St. Clare , this lovely bud , the last of the houses of Jacca and Aranza , has been immured for years . To introduce her to ...
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... attachments . There was another circumstance which contributed much , not only to the foundation of their intimacy , but to strengthen their mutual friendship . All their brother officers were affilu- ent and chiefly younger sons of ...
... attachments . There was another circumstance which contributed much , not only to the foundation of their intimacy , but to strengthen their mutual friendship . All their brother officers were affilu- ent and chiefly younger sons of ...
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... attachment and my commiseration for her hapless condition - tell her who and what I am - paint in every lively color the sincerity of an honorable passion- dwell upon the privations of the conventual . the cheerless uniformity of ...
... attachment and my commiseration for her hapless condition - tell her who and what I am - paint in every lively color the sincerity of an honorable passion- dwell upon the privations of the conventual . the cheerless uniformity of ...
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... attachment which had marked my first reception from the chief , was still perceptible . It seemed indeed to augment rather than to diminish . My affection for my protector increased with our acquaintance . His disposition ever mild and ...
... attachment which had marked my first reception from the chief , was still perceptible . It seemed indeed to augment rather than to diminish . My affection for my protector increased with our acquaintance . His disposition ever mild and ...
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... attachments are often the source of melancholy catastrophe . Friendship is exquisite in her sensations allied to the ... attach- ment was ever more sincere ; no friendship so perfect as was ours . We parted with the feelings of reluc ...
... attachments are often the source of melancholy catastrophe . Friendship is exquisite in her sensations allied to the ... attach- ment was ever more sincere ; no friendship so perfect as was ours . We parted with the feelings of reluc ...
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abbess acquaintance affected agitation Agnes alarm Andalusia anxious arms art thou assassin began beheld Belgrade blush bosom Caligula cause character charms Clare conceal confession confidence Constantinople continued Alfonso convent of St countenance cried Alfonso curiosity danger daughter Diego discovered disposition doubt duke Aranza exclaimed Bernard fancied father fear feelings fonso fortune Franciscan Francisco friendship gossa hand happy hasten heard heart heaven holy office honor hope human innocence interrupted janissaries knew Kyoprili letter looked madame Madrid Mariana ment Miguel mind monastery monk Morad Morgiana mother Mustapha mystery never niece night object Omar once parent Parouty passion paused Perpignan poignard promised recollection regiment replied resolved rienced Rosalvo Saragossa scene scimitar secret seignior sentiments sigh sister smile soon sought soul spahis spirits stood stranger superior suspicions tender thou tion Turkey twas unhappy Violante Westcote wife wished wound wretch yellow fever
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Page 8 - Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ; " and also to an act. entitled, " An act, supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietor? of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 8 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 8 - An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned "and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 159 - She loved him for the dangers he had past, And he loved her because she pitied them.
Page 103 - William, and you will discover that reproaches and inquiries have no power to afflict either the man of unblemished integrity, or the abandoned profligate. It is the middle, compound character which alone is vulnerable : the man who, without firmness enough to avoid a dishonorable action, has feeling enough to be ashamed of it. I thank you for the hint of the Decalogue, and shall take an opportunity of applying it to some of your most virtuous friends in both houses of Parliament. You seem to have...
Page 8 - Be il remembered, that on the thirtieth day of May, in the thirty-second year of the Independence of the United States of America, George E. Blake, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: " The Indian Princess; or La Belle Sauvage.