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  • She passes the day in tormenting perplexities, sometimes relieved by intervals of unsubstantial joy, when she fancies that her affianced may break off the match for some reason, that his sickness, an accident, or death may leave her free to wed Blessure.

    The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915

  • Under the pretence of a change of air she goes to a friend's house at Versailles, where Blessure secretly weds her.

    The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915

  • Blessure kills the Chevalier, but is himself wounded and cast into prison.

    The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915

  • His father secures a pardon by promising the king's mistress that the Count shall marry her daughter, but Blessure remains constant to Anadea, though keeping his marriage a secret for fear of infuriating his father.

    The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915

  • (It bears the title: Discours sur la Blessure de Monseigneur Prince d'Orange, 1582, without notice of the place where it was printed, and is to be found in the Elector's library at Dresden.)

    History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 04 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • (It bears the title: Discours sur la Blessure de Monseigneur Prince d'Orange, 1582, without notice of the place where it was printed, and is to be found in the Elector's library at Dresden.)

    History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Complete Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • (It bears the title: Discours sur la Blessure de Monseigneur Prince d'Orange, 1582, without notice of the place where it was printed, and is to be found in the Elector's library at Dresden.)

    The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

  • Disobedience to her Father, and Breach of the Promise she had made to the Chevalier, were Crimes which grew less and less formidable: She could have been contented to have suffer'd any Reproach, any Shame, any Punishment for Blessure; but the

    The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress 1725

  • Thus it went on for several Days; but the impatient Blessure putting her in mind that it would be

    The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress 1725

  • The Reader will easily believe, this unhappy Lady had endur'd all that can be imagin'd of soul-rending Reproaches, which a Father could utter in the Distraction of Thought for the imagin'd Dishonour of a belov'd Child: But all she knew he felt, could not prevail on her to reveal what she believ'd might be prejudicial to her dear Blessure. —

    The Fatal Secret: or, Constancy in Distress 1725

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