Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 140William Blackwood, 1886 - England |
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... felt that the part she fancied her- self playing was contemptible enough when compared with the hard work , the earnest purpose , and the remarkable talent of the young artist . But though she felt her inferiority , she would have died ...
... felt that the part she fancied her- self playing was contemptible enough when compared with the hard work , the earnest purpose , and the remarkable talent of the young artist . But though she felt her inferiority , she would have died ...
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... felt before ; how angry , how utterly beside herself , she had been at the thought of another woman being loved by him , and she suddenly understood that she was jealous of her . The very thought revived in her the belief that it was ...
... felt before ; how angry , how utterly beside herself , she had been at the thought of another woman being loved by him , and she suddenly understood that she was jealous of her . The very thought revived in her the belief that it was ...
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... felt that she was doing a mortal sin . She went back to her interview that morning with Padre Filippo , and thought over all she had said and all he had answered ; how she had been willing to admit the pos- sibility of Giovanni's love ...
... felt that she was doing a mortal sin . She went back to her interview that morning with Padre Filippo , and thought over all she had said and all he had answered ; how she had been willing to admit the pos- sibility of Giovanni's love ...
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... felt very guilty to be thus talking to Giovanni , as she would not have talked before her husband , had she not felt that it was upon Giovanni's business , and that the matter discussed in no way concerned herself . As for Sarracinesca ...
... felt very guilty to be thus talking to Giovanni , as she would not have talked before her husband , had she not felt that it was upon Giovanni's business , and that the matter discussed in no way concerned herself . As for Sarracinesca ...
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... felt sure that she was deeply wounded , and that his next meeting with her would be a terrible ordeal - so terrible , indeed , that he doubted whether he had the courage to meet her at all . His love was so great , and its object so ...
... felt sure that she was deeply wounded , and that his next meeting with her would be a terrible ordeal - so terrible , indeed , that he doubted whether he had the courage to meet her at all . His love was so great , and its object so ...
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