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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... instant he had perpetrated the dreadful deed , horror and conster- nation seemed to have stupified Mo- rano ; an universal shivering seized his whole frame , and the last mysterious words of Gradisca , struck like light- ning on his ...
... instant he had perpetrated the dreadful deed , horror and conster- nation seemed to have stupified Mo- rano ; an universal shivering seized his whole frame , and the last mysterious words of Gradisca , struck like light- ning on his ...
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... instantly raised and bore her into the apartment , while Corvino de- posited the still bleeding body on the bed . When somewhat restored to sense and composure , the former related , in the most tender and delicate manner , the ...
... instantly raised and bore her into the apartment , while Corvino de- posited the still bleeding body on the bed . When somewhat restored to sense and composure , the former related , in the most tender and delicate manner , the ...
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... 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 seek it ...
... 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 seek it ...
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... instantly alighted , and taking the child in his arms , lifted her , pale and trembling , from the horse , while a heaviness of the most alarming nature crept over her ; and though just sensible to the misery of her condition , she had ...
... instantly alighted , and taking the child in his arms , lifted her , pale and trembling , from the horse , while a heaviness of the most alarming nature crept over her ; and though just sensible to the misery of her condition , she had ...
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... instantly attacked him ; deter mined not to part with his lately ac- quired booty , he drew his sword , and was preparing to make resistance , when one of the ruffians , by a skilful aim of his blunderbuss , shot him through the heart ...
... instantly attacked him ; deter mined not to part with his lately ac- quired booty , he drew his sword , and was preparing to make resistance , when one of the ruffians , by a skilful aim of his blunderbuss , shot him through the heart ...
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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...