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Date: 1796
"She replied with diffidence, but without restraint: she feared not to relate to him all her little sorrows, all her little fears and anxieties; and she thanked him for his goodness with all the genuine warmth which favours kindle in a young and innocent heart."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"Extreme simplicity prevented her from perceiving the aim to which the monk's insinuations tended; but the excellent morals which she owed to Elvira's care, the solidity and correctness of her understanding, and a strong sense of what was right, implanted in her heart by nature, made her feel tha...
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
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."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"This was an untruth, but she was unconscious of its falsehood: she knew not the nature of her sentiments for Lorenzo; and never having seen him since his first visit to Elvira, with every day his image grew less feebly impressed upon her bosom."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"Do you feel no void in your heart, which you fain would have filled up?"
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"He was still under the influence of this storm of passions, when he heard a gentle knock at the door of his cell."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"At that moment an idea which flashed into his mind, almost petrified him with horror."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"At the same time the cloud disappeared, and he beheld a figure more beautiful than fancy's pencil ever drew."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"She sank into a chair, reclined her head upon her arm, and gazed upon the floor with a vacant stare, while the most gloomy images floated before her fancy."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
Date: 1796
"In every heart to find a slave, / In every soul to fix his reign, / In bonds to lead the wise and brave, / And make the captives kiss his chain; / Such is the power of Love, and oh! / I grieve so well Love's power to know."
preview | full record— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)
