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 93
... Volange ; and in Moraldi di Morano , the mur- derer of that unfortunate , the seducer of his daughter , and the father of her child . Oh Lady ! when the Eve of San Pietro shall come round , then remember , it was that fatal day which ...
... Volange ; and in Moraldi di Morano , the mur- derer of that unfortunate , the seducer of his daughter , and the father of her child . Oh Lady ! when the Eve of San Pietro shall come round , then remember , it was that fatal day which ...
Page 94
... Volange , married , at nineteen , a most beautiful woman , one year younger than him- self , without rank , fortune , or what was of infinitely more importance , an upright and virtuous mind : with her , spite of the commands of his ...
... Volange , married , at nineteen , a most beautiful woman , one year younger than him- self , without rank , fortune , or what was of infinitely more importance , an upright and virtuous mind : with her , spite of the commands of his ...
Page 96
... would sometimes cast a cloud over his felicity , de Volange , in the fancied affection of his wife , in the society of his friend , and the birth of his chil- dren , and affluent . dren , fondly imagined himself blest Fleeting 96.
... would sometimes cast a cloud over his felicity , de Volange , in the fancied affection of his wife , in the society of his friend , and the birth of his chil- dren , and affluent . dren , fondly imagined himself blest Fleeting 96.
Page 98
... Volange , who had long been in a low and bad state of health , sent for my father , and , after a tender and affecting meeting , assured him of his forgiveness and future affection ; promising also , to see my mother , with whom he ...
... Volange , who had long been in a low and bad state of health , sent for my father , and , after a tender and affecting meeting , assured him of his forgiveness and future affection ; promising also , to see my mother , with whom he ...
Page 99
... Volange , a boy of only thirteen years old , was also to be taken into cus- tody , as privy to his treasons . Mon- tebino , who had been engaged at chess with my mother , now started from his seat , and in a tone of authority , bade the ...
... Volange , a boy of only thirteen years old , was also to be taken into cus- tody , as privy to his treasons . Mon- tebino , who had been engaged at chess with my mother , now started from his seat , and in a tone of authority , bade the ...
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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...