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teoas* condition, ftie waked the reft of the d
rneftics, and even the ntlgfib'bors with her crit
The chamber was fooh tilled with people j fd
geons were called ; they examined her wound, a
’had gopd hopes of her recovery. They were «
miOaken in their conjedture ; for, in a little tiri
‘they cured Eftephania, who was happily deli vert
three months after this cruel adventure, of a fc
Signior Gil Bias, whom you now fee. I am K
fruit of that melancholy pregnancy. •
Although fcandal fddom fpares a woman’s vi
tue, it refpedled that of my fnotherj and S3
'bloody fcene was looked upon in town, as t!
groiindldV tranfport of a jealous hutband. B
father, tis true, was known to be a violent mi
’ ■very apt to take umbrage without caufe, H<
dales concluded, that bis kinfwoman fufpefl
bim of having diftuibed the mind of Don Aif
ftafio with falfe ftories ; and fatfsfied with belt
at leaft, half revenged, left off vifiting heh N
to tire you, Sir, I will not enlarge upon the pari
culars of my education ; but only obfei ve, tb
my mother’s principal care was to have me tattj^
to fence : and I accordingly leainbd that exercH
a long time, in the moft celebrated fchools «
Grenada and Seville. She waited with impai
ence, tintil I was old enough to meafure fi
fwprd with that* of Don Hubert©, before flte Si
formed me'of the caufe fhe had to complain j
hifn: then,' I being in my eighteenth year, fi
' imparted to me the whole ftory ; not withct
ftiedding tears in abundance, and appearing a
-fefted with the moft violent forrow. What is
predion tnuft a mother, in' that" condition, mal
fen a fon, Who neither wanted courage nor fes
'fiment > { went inftantly, and challenged Ho;
teoas* condition, ftie waked the reft of the d
rneftics, and even the ntlgfib'bors with her crit
The chamber was fooh tilled with people j fd
geons were called ; they examined her wound, a
’had gopd hopes of her recovery. They were «
miOaken in their conjedture ; for, in a little tiri
‘they cured Eftephania, who was happily deli vert
three months after this cruel adventure, of a fc
Signior Gil Bias, whom you now fee. I am K
fruit of that melancholy pregnancy. •
Although fcandal fddom fpares a woman’s vi
tue, it refpedled that of my fnotherj and S3
'bloody fcene was looked upon in town, as t!
groiindldV tranfport of a jealous hutband. B
father, tis true, was known to be a violent mi
’ ■very apt to take umbrage without caufe, H<
dales concluded, that bis kinfwoman fufpefl
bim of having diftuibed the mind of Don Aif
ftafio with falfe ftories ; and fatfsfied with belt
at leaft, half revenged, left off vifiting heh N
to tire you, Sir, I will not enlarge upon the pari
culars of my education ; but only obfei ve, tb
my mother’s principal care was to have me tattj^
to fence : and I accordingly leainbd that exercH
a long time, in the moft celebrated fchools «
Grenada and Seville. She waited with impai
ence, tintil I was old enough to meafure fi
fwprd with that* of Don Hubert©, before flte Si
formed me'of the caufe fhe had to complain j
hifn: then,' I being in my eighteenth year, fi
' imparted to me the whole ftory ; not withct
ftiedding tears in abundance, and appearing a
-fefted with the moft violent forrow. What is
predion tnuft a mother, in' that" condition, mal
fen a fon, Who neither wanted courage nor fes
'fiment > { went inftantly, and challenged Ho;
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Antiquarian books of Scotland > Languages & literature > Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane > Volume 3 > (174) |
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Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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