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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... affection ; for the art- ful seducer , while he appeared unable to disguise the sentiments with which she had inspired him , hinted at peculi- arities in his situation which restrained his inclinations , and doomed him to misery and ...
... affection ; for the art- ful seducer , while he appeared unable to disguise the sentiments with which she had inspired him , hinted at peculi- arities in his situation which restrained his inclinations , and doomed him to misery and ...
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... affection towards her . While de Cle- ance lived , however , Moraldi was well aware Eloise never could be his ; for poor and reduced as was his condition , he knew his soul to be the proud seat of honour , and that the almost expiring ...
... affection towards her . While de Cle- ance lived , however , Moraldi was well aware Eloise never could be his ; for poor and reduced as was his condition , he knew his soul to be the proud seat of honour , and that the almost expiring ...
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... affections , and the parent of her child . Her youth , her beauty , her unpro- tected state , and above all , that inge- nuous simplicity which irresistibly steals into the heart , proved the fasci- nation of Ubaldo : in her presence ...
... affections , and the parent of her child . Her youth , her beauty , her unpro- tected state , and above all , that inge- nuous simplicity which irresistibly steals into the heart , proved the fasci- nation of Ubaldo : in her presence ...
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... affections of his wife , whose ruling passion was an inordinate vanity , and at whose shrine she not only sacrificed her own ... affection of his wife , in the society of his friend , and the birth of his chil- dren , and affluent . dren ...
... affections of his wife , whose ruling passion was an inordinate vanity , and at whose shrine she not only sacrificed her own ... affection of his wife , in the society of his friend , and the birth of his chil- dren , and affluent . dren ...
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... affection ; promising also , to see my mother , with whom he henceforward consented to live on terms of parental amity . On the evening of that day , when my fa- ther , surrounded by his family , elevated in spirits , and high in ...
... affection ; promising also , to see my mother , with whom he henceforward consented to live on terms of parental amity . On the evening of that day , when my fa- ther , surrounded by his family , elevated in spirits , and high in ...
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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...