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Abbè ABBOT acquaintance affection amiable appear arrival attention beauty BELVILLE better Bois DE BOULOGNE bosom BOUGHTON HILL called CANTERBURY character church CLERMONT colouring conceive countenance dance dear JENNY death disposition distress EDMUND eyes father feel FORESTERAIO fortune FRANCES FREDERIC FRENCH GEORGE KEATE give half hand happy hath heart honour hope humour interest ISABELLA Isle of THANET journey Keate LA TRAPPE lady live look Madam MARGATE MARIANNE ment mind monastery morning nature ness Netley Abbey never NORTH FORELAND object occasion PALERMO passed passion perceive PIERRE pleased pleasure point of sailing present racters reader RECULVER replied ride SAINT AUGUSTIN SAINT CLAIR SAINT JULIEN says AMELIA scene seen sensibility shew side sister soon spirits thee thing thou thought throw tion truth turn virtue Voltaire walk whole wish woman young youth
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Page ii - A short Account of the Ancient History, present Government, and Laws of the Republic of Geneva.
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Page 206 - I before mentioned, was the intended bridegroom ; who at this time would most willingly have waved the service, had not his own nice sense of honour, and his zeal for his royal master, overcome every private motive. — — Were I to follow closely, the manuscript from whence the substance of this story is drawn, it would lead me into some of the historical transactions of those times, which are already sufficiently known ; — only it is worthy of being remembered, that there are encomiums bestowed...