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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... dared hardly to look , or to respire ; if he raised his eyes upwards , Heaven seemed to open in wrath and justice ; if he cast them on the ground , the verdure was stained with gore ; murder and injury were written upon every leaf . 4 ...
... dared hardly to look , or to respire ; if he raised his eyes upwards , Heaven seemed to open in wrath and justice ; if he cast them on the ground , the verdure was stained with gore ; murder and injury were written upon every leaf . 4 ...
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... dared to chastise and frustrate his designs . An exile ; and a foreigner , who would re- venge his cause , or discover his as- sassin ? Eloise would be his prize , and C 4 a sum a sum of money , with large promises of future 31.
... dared to chastise and frustrate his designs . An exile ; and a foreigner , who would re- venge his cause , or discover his as- sassin ? Eloise would be his prize , and C 4 a sum a sum of money , with large promises of future 31.
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... dared she do this ? Dared she break the promise long since ratified to her father , never to discover the real , history of her family ? Conscious of the impropriety of her present situa- tion , yet unknowing where to seek another ...
... dared she do this ? Dared she break the promise long since ratified to her father , never to discover the real , history of her family ? Conscious of the impropriety of her present situa- tion , yet unknowing where to seek another ...
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... dared to contend with so powerful and perfi- dious an antagonist . The moment he fell , Ubaldo made towards the door ; but here , for once , his usual good for tune forsook him ; he was seized , hur- ried to prison , and the fact of ...
... dared to contend with so powerful and perfi- dious an antagonist . The moment he fell , Ubaldo made towards the door ; but here , for once , his usual good for tune forsook him ; he was seized , hur- ried to prison , and the fact of ...
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... dared breathe forth the genuine sentiments of nature , in support of his fellow - creatures , never harboured a thought injurious to the dignity of the Sovereign , or the wel- fare of his country . " He now embraced my mother , and ...
... dared breathe forth the genuine sentiments of nature , in support of his fellow - creatures , never harboured a thought injurious to the dignity of the Sovereign , or the wel- fare of his country . " He now embraced my mother , and ...
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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...