A Collection of Novels, Selected and Revised by Mrs. Griffith.

by Mrs Griffith

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1777. ... what brought it to her mind; she shewed me several times to Felima, and made her observe my features, and kept looking at me all the day. But it is not me stie looks at, nor whom she thinks of, when she looks at me; I bring to her mind the only thing I would cause her to forget; I can take no pleasure in beholding her enchanting eyes sixed upon my face, nor can she turn them on me, without siring my soul with jealousy. Gonsalvo spoke this with such rapidity, that Alphonso could not interrupt him; but as soon as he stopped, Is it possible, answered he, that all this you have told me is true? Does not the melancholy you have been accustomed to, make you form to yourself an idea of so great a misfortune?--No, Alphonso, I am not deceived, returned Gonsalvo; Zayde laments a favourite lover, and I bring him to her thoughts. Fortune takes care I shall not surmise evils beyond those me makes me suffer; stie far exceeds what I am able to she invents for me such as are unknown to other men; and if I had given you the history of my life, you would be obliged to acknowledge I have reason to assirm I am more unhappy than you.--I will not presume, replied Alphonso, to say so; but unless you have important reasons not to discover yourself, it will be an insinite pleasure to me, if you will let me know who you are, and what are those misfortunes which you believe to be greater than mine. I am sensible I cannot in justice ask this of you, without making an equal recital of my own; but you will pardon an unhappy man, who has not concealed from you his name and birth, and who will not conceal from you his adventures, if it will do you any service to knoV them; and if he is able to relate them without renewing those sorrows, which a succession of several years scarc...

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Published February 4, 2012