Date: 1796
"She was fully persuaded, that at first she had made a terrible breach in his heart; but hearing nothing more of him, she supposed that he had quitted the pursuit, disgusted by the lowness of her origin, and knowing upon other terms than marriage he had nothing to hope from such a dragon of virtu...
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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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Date: 1797
" For, Cupid, well thou know'st, the tender soul, / That Poesy inspires, is very wax / To Beauty's piercing ray"
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Date: 1797
"[M]ark it well, / And stamp the awful moral on your souls"
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Date: 1797
" Soft female hearts are prone as wax to melt, / And, true or false, impressions will be felt;"
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