Date: 1796
"He depended upon finding Antonia in some unguarded moment; and seeing no other man admitted into her society, nor hearing any mentioned either by her or by Elvira, he imagined that her young heart was still unoccupied."
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Date: 1796
"A secret, an horrible secret weighs heavy upon my soul."
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Date: 1796
"The suddenness of his action sufficed to dissipate the fumes which obscured Antonia's reason."
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Date: 1796
"Not so Lorenzo. Antonia's death, accompanied with such terrible circumstances, weighed upon his mind heavily."
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Date: 1796
"So lately a captive, oppressed with chains, perishing with hunger, suffering every inconvenience of cold and want, hidden from the light, excluded from society, hopeless, neglected, and, as I feared, forgotten: now restored to life and liberty, enjoying all the comforts of affluence and ease, su...
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Date: 1796
"The damning contract weighed heavy upon his mind; and the scenes in which he had been a principal actor, had left behind them such impressions as rendered his heart the seat of anarchy and confusion."
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