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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... Italy , where they subsisted , by dint of the utmost frugality , on the scanty store saved out of the wreck of their for- tunes this pittance he found , also , was much much increased by the exertions of Eloise , who , 25 ears; you ...
... Italy , where they subsisted , by dint of the utmost frugality , on the scanty store saved out of the wreck of their for- tunes this pittance he found , also , was much much increased by the exertions of Eloise , who , 25 ears; you ...
Page 95
... Italian , of narrow fortune , but of noble birth ; Ferando , Conte di Montebino , a man of brilliant talents , lively imagination , and specious manners ; but with an heart inwardly depraved , habits profligate and vicious ; and of a ...
... Italian , of narrow fortune , but of noble birth ; Ferando , Conte di Montebino , a man of brilliant talents , lively imagination , and specious manners ; but with an heart inwardly depraved , habits profligate and vicious ; and of a ...
Page 99
... ingenuous de Volange ! " exclaimed the serpent - like Italian , in a voice of sor- rowful reproach , " that your rash te- merity would eventually lead to this fatal conclusion ? " F 2 " FLY , " FLY , generous di Montebino ! " cried she 99.
... ingenuous de Volange ! " exclaimed the serpent - like Italian , in a voice of sor- rowful reproach , " that your rash te- merity would eventually lead to this fatal conclusion ? " F 2 " FLY , " FLY , generous di Montebino ! " cried she 99.
Page 109
... Italy , while my brother , who was not permitted to take the same route , received letter ; of recommendation from di Monte- bino , to a friend of his residing in Spain , in the province of Andalusia ; my mother , whose remaining for a ...
... Italy , while my brother , who was not permitted to take the same route , received letter ; of recommendation from di Monte- bino , to a friend of his residing in Spain , in the province of Andalusia ; my mother , whose remaining for a ...
Page 135
... sister in Italy ; protect her , and do not curse your lost but repentant mother . Enclosed is money , with a full confes- sion of crimes , that will freeze your blood , sion 135 fragments of the wall, he felt something ...
... sister in Italy ; protect her , and do not curse your lost but repentant mother . Enclosed is money , with a full confes- sion of crimes , that will freeze your blood , sion 135 fragments of the wall, he felt something ...
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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...