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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... - ance was reflected . It was after one of these nights of torturing re- morse , that he repaired to Lavora , and held that conversation in the garden , with Zanotti , which communicated such such terror to the soul of Viola . It was 60.
... - ance was reflected . It was after one of these nights of torturing re- morse , that he repaired to Lavora , and held that conversation in the garden , with Zanotti , which communicated such such terror to the soul of Viola . It was 60.
Page 61
... Viola . It was then he declared he would hasten to the capital , and make a full and unreserved confession of his crimes , rather than bear those tormenting re- flections which constantly haunted him by day , and robbed him of repose by ...
... Viola . It was then he declared he would hasten to the capital , and make a full and unreserved confession of his crimes , rather than bear those tormenting re- flections which constantly haunted him by day , and robbed him of repose by ...
Page 120
... the mystery of her thoughts , may easily be account- ed for , from Viola's uncommon likeness to her mother ; and as a thousand con- fused fused suggestions arose to his mind , he determined by 120 wounded and disappointed spirit, she ...
... the mystery of her thoughts , may easily be account- ed for , from Viola's uncommon likeness to her mother ; and as a thousand con- fused fused suggestions arose to his mind , he determined by 120 wounded and disappointed spirit, she ...
Page 121
... Viola , till in wonder at himself , he had rushed from her , in solitude to crush those soft emotions he was ashamed to acknowledge . All Morano's enquiries after Eloise had , however , proved fruitless ; for Claudine , while she lived ...
... Viola , till in wonder at himself , he had rushed from her , in solitude to crush those soft emotions he was ashamed to acknowledge . All Morano's enquiries after Eloise had , however , proved fruitless ; for Claudine , while she lived ...
Page 123
... Viola unfriended and unprotected , have communicated to her husband her knowledge of his atrocious conduct , of his near affinity to the orphan Viola , and after exhort- ing him to repentance , supplicate for her his pity and support ...
... Viola unfriended and unprotected , have communicated to her husband her knowledge of his atrocious conduct , of his near affinity to the orphan Viola , and after exhort- ing him to repentance , supplicate for her his pity and support ...
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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...