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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Page 58
... Father Jerome over- took him . With difficulty , also , did he escape the bands of prowling ban- ditti , against whom he more than once made a gallant and successful re- sistance . His arrival at the monastery has already been related ...
... Father Jerome over- took him . With difficulty , also , did he escape the bands of prowling ban- ditti , against whom he more than once made a gallant and successful re- sistance . His arrival at the monastery has already been related ...
Page 167
... Father Jerome , going his accustomed charitable rounds , relieved their fears , and whispered comfort to their wounded spirits ; gladly did they accept 1 accept his offer of seeking refuge in the monastery , 167.
... Father Jerome , going his accustomed charitable rounds , relieved their fears , and whispered comfort to their wounded spirits ; gladly did they accept 1 accept his offer of seeking refuge in the monastery , 167.
Page 169
... JEROME , who was convinced some fatal secret , relative to the Albenzi fa- mily , prest heavy on her mind , sent instantly for the Father Zanotti , who , as being Confessor to the Marchese , he thought the most proper person to seek her ...
... JEROME , who was convinced some fatal secret , relative to the Albenzi fa- mily , prest heavy on her mind , sent instantly for the Father Zanotti , who , as being Confessor to the Marchese , he thought the most proper person to seek her ...
Page 173
... Father , " she continued , seeing the Friar was about to interrupt her , " and hear me again protest , that Lo- renzo , the murdered Lorenzo , fell by the hands of his own father ... Jerome , raising his uplifted hands to Heaven , " how ...
... Father , " she continued , seeing the Friar was about to interrupt her , " and hear me again protest , that Lo- renzo , the murdered Lorenzo , fell by the hands of his own father ... Jerome , raising his uplifted hands to Heaven , " how ...
Page 175
... JEROME , who was convinced some fatal secret , relative to the Albenzi fa- mily , prest heavy on her mind , sent instantly for the Father Zanotti , who , as being Confessor to the Marchese , he thought the most proper person to seek her ...
... JEROME , who was convinced some fatal secret , relative to the Albenzi fa- mily , prest heavy on her mind , sent instantly for the Father Zanotti , who , as being Confessor to the Marchese , he thought the most proper person to seek her ...
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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...