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Page 49
... Fenella , after some ancient princess of the island . The countess herself was not much changed since we last presented her to our readers . Age had rendered her step more slow , but not less majestic ; and while it traced some wrinkles ...
... Fenella , after some ancient princess of the island . The countess herself was not much changed since we last presented her to our readers . Age had rendered her step more slow , but not less majestic ; and while it traced some wrinkles ...
Page 67
... Fenella's look , and especially in her eyes , which was probably rendered yet more alert and acute , because , through the imperfection of her other organs , it was only by sight that she could obtain information of what passed around ...
... Fenella's look , and especially in her eyes , which was probably rendered yet more alert and acute , because , through the imperfection of her other organs , it was only by sight that she could obtain information of what passed around ...
Page 68
... Fenella was by no means a fa- vourite with the rest of the household . In fact , it seemed that her temper , exasperated perhaps by a sense of her misfortune , was by no means equal to her abilities . She was very haughty in her ...
... Fenella was by no means a fa- vourite with the rest of the household . In fact , it seemed that her temper , exasperated perhaps by a sense of her misfortune , was by no means equal to her abilities . She was very haughty in her ...
Page 69
... Fenella to be ; and the smallness of her size , her dark complexion , her long locks of silken hair , the singularity of her manuers and tones , as well as the caprices of her temper , were to their thinking all attributes of the ...
... Fenella to be ; and the smallness of her size , her dark complexion , her long locks of silken hair , the singularity of her manuers and tones , as well as the caprices of her temper , were to their thinking all attributes of the ...
Page 70
... Fenella was currently called in the island ; and the malcontents of the stricter persuasion were convinced , that no one but a Papist and a malignant would have kept near her person a creature of such doubtful origin . They conceived ...
... Fenella was currently called in the island ; and the malcontents of the stricter persuasion were convinced , that no one but a Papist and a malignant would have kept near her person a creature of such doubtful origin . They conceived ...
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