The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale. In Three Volumes..T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... Albenza had , in the days of his youth , been a gay and dissipated man ; yet , though not possessed of a very superior under- standing , he had just sense enough to perceive its pernicious consequences , and to shrink from the dangers ...
... Albenza had , in the days of his youth , been a gay and dissipated man ; yet , though not possessed of a very superior under- standing , he had just sense enough to perceive its pernicious consequences , and to shrink from the dangers ...
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... Albenza , deprive himself of liberty , shackle himself for life to an obscure girl , whom a little address and perse- verance would easily obtain on his own terms : or , embarrassed and in- poverished as he was , matrimony must be the ...
... Albenza , deprive himself of liberty , shackle himself for life to an obscure girl , whom a little address and perse- verance would easily obtain on his own terms : or , embarrassed and in- poverished as he was , matrimony must be the ...
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... Albenza's entering into a clandes- tine and disgraceful union : thus far his motives had been just , but his con- science , once relieved from this load of horrible apprehension , he again hugged the papers fondly to his heart , in the ...
... Albenza's entering into a clandes- tine and disgraceful union : thus far his motives had been just , but his con- science , once relieved from this load of horrible apprehension , he again hugged the papers fondly to his heart , in the ...
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... Albenza , while assisted by some terrific de- ceptions , conveyed to him by Ubaldo , he so compleatly awakened every feel- ing of horror and remorse in the mind of the Marchese , as scarcely to require any stronger evidence of his guilt ...
... Albenza , while assisted by some terrific de- ceptions , conveyed to him by Ubaldo , he so compleatly awakened every feel- ing of horror and remorse in the mind of the Marchese , as scarcely to require any stronger evidence of his guilt ...
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... rowed eyes on the crimsoned dagger ; it was , indeed , rusted with the life- blood of de Cleance , while the name of of Moraldi di Albenza appeared deeply engraven on the hilt 153 tall figure contemplating him at some ...
... rowed eyes on the crimsoned dagger ; it was , indeed , rusted with the life- blood of de Cleance , while the name of of Moraldi di Albenza appeared deeply engraven on the hilt 153 tall figure contemplating him at some ...
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Abruzzo agita agony Albenza ance behold Bertoldo bosom breast castle chese child Claudine Cleance Corvino cottage countenance cried crimes curse danger dared death deprived despair door dreadful dungeon dying Eloise Eve of San exclaimed existence eyes fatal fatal beauty fatal secret fate Father Jerome fear feelings garment gazed Gradisca groan guilty Guiseppe hand happiness hastened heart Heaven honour hope horror hour induced infant innocence instantly inwardly Italy look Lord Lorenzo Louis de Volange Marchese di Morano Marquis de Volange marriage ment mind miseries misfortunes Moraldi mother murder Naples ness never night offspring once pangs parent Paulina peace poniard proved quired racter repentant replied revenge round ruin San Pietro secret seek Signiora small pox soon sorrow soul spirit sufferings tears tenderness thee thou thought tion treachery Ubal Ubaldo vengeance victim villain Viola virtuous wife witness woman wound wretched youth Zanotti
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Page 199 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 199 - Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness, and lasting pain, Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes, That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once, as far as Angels...
Page 166 - His cloister'd flight; ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note.
Page 166 - Unmark'd ; — see, from behind her secret stand, The sly informer minutes every fault, And her dread diary with horror fills.
Page 233 - Syphax, we must work in haste: Oh think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal periods. Oh ! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up with horror all, and big with death...