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<ON THE COURT OF GRUNEWALD'
ward consideration. Nay, more : a young, although
not a very attractive woman, and a princess both by
birth and fact, she submits to the triumphant rivalry
of one who might be her mother as to years, and
who is so manifestly her inferior in station. This is
one of the mysteries of the human heart. But the
rage of illicit love, when it is once indulged, appears
to grow by feeding ; and to a person of the charac-
ter and temperament of this unfortunate young lady,
almost any depth of degradation is within the reach
of possibility.
78
ward consideration. Nay, more : a young, although
not a very attractive woman, and a princess both by
birth and fact, she submits to the triumphant rivalry
of one who might be her mother as to years, and
who is so manifestly her inferior in station. This is
one of the mysteries of the human heart. But the
rage of illicit love, when it is once indulged, appears
to grow by feeding ; and to a person of the charac-
ter and temperament of this unfortunate young lady,
almost any depth of degradation is within the reach
of possibility.
78
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Early editions of Robert Louis Stevenson > Collected works > Works of Robert Louis Stevenson > Romances Volume II > (96) Page 78 |
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Dates / events: |
1895 [Date published] |
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Subject / content: |
Fiction Romances |
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Written and printed matter > Books |
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Dates / events: |
1894-1898 [Date printed] |
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Europe >
United Kingdom >
Scotland >
Edinburgh >
Edinburgh
(inhabited place) [Place printed] |
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Collected works |
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Chatto & Windus (Firm) [Distributor] Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] T. and A. Constable [Printer] Longmans, Green, and Co. [Publisher] Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927 [Editor] |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] |
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