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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... never loved , de prived him for ever of inward joy and domestic comfort . To all , therefore , who visited at the castle , he appeared to be a disappointed man ; to those who witnessed his hours of privacy , he was a miserable one ...
... never loved , de prived him for ever of inward joy and domestic comfort . To all , therefore , who visited at the castle , he appeared to be a disappointed man ; to those who witnessed his hours of privacy , he was a miserable one ...
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... never could obtain . Nor could he ascertain whe- ther or not he had a son , a circum- stance he had also been induced to conjecture as it was , a great mystery hung over them , and grief , more than infirmity , seemed to be hastening ...
... never could obtain . Nor could he ascertain whe- ther or not he had a son , a circum- stance he had also been induced to conjecture as it was , a great mystery hung over them , and grief , more than infirmity , seemed to be hastening ...
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... never could be his ; for poor and reduced as was his condition , he knew his soul to be the proud seat of honour , and that the almost expiring embers of latent courage , would be rekindled to punish the betrayer of his child . He was ...
... never could be his ; for poor and reduced as was his condition , he knew his soul to be the proud seat of honour , and that the almost expiring embers of latent courage , would be rekindled to punish the betrayer of his child . He was ...
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... never was the deceiver ! " He was a villain ! but alas ! this was no balm to the wound that villainy had inflicted ; nor had the sober admonitions of reason , power to efface impressions , nursed in solitude and retirement by a generous ...
... never was the deceiver ! " He was a villain ! but alas ! this was no balm to the wound that villainy had inflicted ; nor had the sober admonitions of reason , power to efface impressions , nursed in solitude and retirement by a generous ...
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... never to discover the real , history of her family ? Conscious of the impropriety of her present situa- tion , yet unknowing where to seek another ; fearing to admit Moraldi , yet bereft and wretched when he did not appear , she became ...
... never to discover the real , history of her family ? Conscious of the impropriety of her present situa- tion , yet unknowing where to seek another ; fearing to admit Moraldi , yet bereft and wretched when he did not appear , she became ...
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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...