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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... existence . In the interim , Moraldi was actuated by every feeling of rage and mortification ; and to that passion , which opposition had but tended to increase , was now added hatred and indignation towards de Cleance , whom he viewed ...
... existence . In the interim , Moraldi was actuated by every feeling of rage and mortification ; and to that passion , which opposition had but tended to increase , was now added hatred and indignation towards de Cleance , whom he viewed ...
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... existence . " When with her , he spent hours in eulogiums on the character of her lost parent ; but forbore ( though every enraptured look gave testimony to the tenderness of his feelings ) to mention the subject of his love , lest he ...
... existence . " When with her , he spent hours in eulogiums on the character of her lost parent ; but forbore ( though every enraptured look gave testimony to the tenderness of his feelings ) to mention the subject of his love , lest he ...
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... existence , whom she had loved with all the purity and tenderness of an unadulterated heart , whose artful insinuations had created the warmest interest in her breast ; was unworthy , and had deceived her ; was the reverse of the ...
... existence , whom she had loved with all the purity and tenderness of an unadulterated heart , whose artful insinuations had created the warmest interest in her breast ; was unworthy , and had deceived her ; was the reverse of the ...
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... existence to which thou hast condemned me , that had been bliss unparalleled ! " TEARS now flowed fast from her eyes , while an unaccountable dizziness seized her head , and a numbness , as of death , crept through her whole frame ...
... existence to which thou hast condemned me , that had been bliss unparalleled ! " TEARS now flowed fast from her eyes , while an unaccountable dizziness seized her head , and a numbness , as of death , crept through her whole frame ...
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... ex- pense of my existence ! " In this man- ner did they converse for some time , during which , the crafty di Montebino succeeded but too well in his plans on my my credulous parent ; in the clearest manner he represented 106.
... ex- pense of my existence ! " In this man- ner did they converse for some time , during which , the crafty di Montebino succeeded but too well in his plans on my my credulous parent ; in the clearest manner he represented 106.
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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...