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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... caused , to reproach the conduct he has instigat- ed ! " exclaimed Morano , in accents . of the bitterest anguish- " No , " he added , while the drops of agony started to his forehead , and his frenzied eye gazed wildly on his blood ...
... caused , to reproach the conduct he has instigat- ed ! " exclaimed Morano , in accents . of the bitterest anguish- " No , " he added , while the drops of agony started to his forehead , and his frenzied eye gazed wildly on his blood ...
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... caused him instantly to interrogate Corvino , who , after some hesitation , confessed that the poniard he had given him to exe- cute the dreadful deed , had in the scuffle fallen to the ground ; and when on recollection he returned to ...
... caused him instantly to interrogate Corvino , who , after some hesitation , confessed that the poniard he had given him to exe- cute the dreadful deed , had in the scuffle fallen to the ground ; and when on recollection he returned to ...
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... caused her sorely to regret the exchange ; yet , as she had never heard any thing to his disadvan- tage , and her Lady's situation urging dispatch , the agreement was made , that he should conduct her as far on her route as she thought ...
... caused her sorely to regret the exchange ; yet , as she had never heard any thing to his disadvan- tage , and her Lady's situation urging dispatch , the agreement was made , that he should conduct her as far on her route as she thought ...
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... caused her to number the revolvement of her anguished life with bitterness and never did the Eve of San sorrow ; Pietro come round without her delug- ing the narrative with Pietro 122 as is generally the case, one grand fall, ...
... caused her to number the revolvement of her anguished life with bitterness and never did the Eve of San sorrow ; Pietro come round without her delug- ing the narrative with Pietro 122 as is generally the case, one grand fall, ...
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... , her offspring by Montebino , had often , by her disobedience and ingratitude , caused her bitterly to regret the dutiful . and promising children she had so inhu- manly cast from 1 and 136 sion of crimes, that will freeze your ...
... , her offspring by Montebino , had often , by her disobedience and ingratitude , caused her bitterly to regret the dutiful . and promising children she had so inhu- manly cast from 1 and 136 sion of crimes, that will freeze your ...
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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...