... to humanity, and who is surely rewarded in a better world for the indignities and misery she suffered in this. She had two daughters of exquisite beauty. Eliane, the eldest, was my betrothed wife : the other was some years younger. The day was fixed... Self-indulgence, a tale [by lady C.S.M. Bury]. - Seite 85von lady Charlotte Susan M. Bury - 1812Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...lineament of a countenance which said — I would He afterwards tells his own «tory as follows. ' Near that spot was the Chateau de Montbazon, in which...than a mother to me — a woman whose virtues were an honour to humanity, and who is surely rewarded in a better world for the indignities and misery she... | |
| 1830 - 644 Seiten
...spoke, but with a hurried vehemence, which proved how little he was equal to the exertion. '" Near the spot was the Chateau de Montbazon, in which resided a woman who was more than a mother to me—a woman whose virtues were an honour to humanity, and who is surely rewarded in a better world... | |
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