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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... moments . in useless recrimination , or by a vain and idle jealousy to break that league on which must now depend our mutual safety : " HEAR me , " he continued , for a smile of indignant contempt , and the hasty stride with which he ...
... moments . in useless recrimination , or by a vain and idle jealousy to break that league on which must now depend our mutual safety : " HEAR me , " he continued , for a smile of indignant contempt , and the hasty stride with which he ...
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... moment longer , and take a life of horror and despair ; for once , Ubaldo , be merciful in thy vengeance , and save me from a public and dis- graceful death : Oh ! but for thee , he cried , after a short pause , striking in agony his ...
... moment longer , and take a life of horror and despair ; for once , Ubaldo , be merciful in thy vengeance , and save me from a public and dis- graceful death : Oh ! but for thee , he cried , after a short pause , striking in agony his ...
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... moment of his danger , articulation fled , and he expired , after lingering three days , without uttering a word . THE various pursuits which marked the lives of his children , at that time , and the different effects produced on them ...
... moment of his danger , articulation fled , and he expired , after lingering three days , without uttering a word . THE various pursuits which marked the lives of his children , at that time , and the different effects produced on them ...
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... his attachment ; - but he went no further ; his answer was cowardly and evasive ; and at the moment truth and conviction flashed on the high mind of de Cleance , he spurned c . 3 spurned him from his dwelling in silence and contempt . 29.
... his attachment ; - but he went no further ; his answer was cowardly and evasive ; and at the moment truth and conviction flashed on the high mind of de Cleance , he spurned c . 3 spurned him from his dwelling in silence and contempt . 29.
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... moment , and assist- ed to convey home his beloved and ever- to - be - regretted remains . " He stopt ; a low howling of the wind sounded like the last deep groan of the dying de Cleance , and struck fearfully to his conscience . In the ...
... moment , and assist- ed to convey home his beloved and ever- to - be - regretted remains . " He stopt ; a low howling of the wind sounded like the last deep groan of the dying de Cleance , and struck fearfully to his conscience . In the ...
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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...