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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... offspring of me and Juliana ! " he exclaimed , as hastily he pulled the Convent bell , and demand- ed of the porter for Zanotti . " HE sleeps within his cell yonder , " replied the man , regarding him with some inquisitiveness ; and it ...
... offspring of me and Juliana ! " he exclaimed , as hastily he pulled the Convent bell , and demand- ed of the porter for Zanotti . " HE sleeps within his cell yonder , " replied the man , regarding him with some inquisitiveness ; and it ...
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... offspring : Not till too late did he observe the alteration in his child ; not till too late did he bitterly repent his ill - judged con- fidence , or perceive , with sensations of the keenest agony , that her peace was for ever fled ...
... offspring : Not till too late did he observe the alteration in his child ; not till too late did he bitterly repent his ill - judged con- fidence , or perceive , with sensations of the keenest agony , that her peace was for ever fled ...
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... adjacent monastery ; but his memory long was cherished in the bosom of his hapless offspring . FOR Some months after his decease the visits of Moraldi were seldom and respect- respectful ; and , with the most delicate insinuations , 36.
... adjacent monastery ; but his memory long was cherished in the bosom of his hapless offspring . FOR Some months after his decease the visits of Moraldi were seldom and respect- respectful ; and , with the most delicate insinuations , 36.
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... another shaft in store for thee ; and the wretch- ed offspring of de Cleance never in this world was to experience cessation of calamity . calamity . Guiseppe had not been gone five minutes before 85 of Morano caught her ear. ...
... another shaft in store for thee ; and the wretch- ed offspring of de Cleance never in this world was to experience cessation of calamity . calamity . Guiseppe had not been gone five minutes before 85 of Morano caught her ear. ...
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... offspring of her husband . Start not , Signiora ! I am guilty , but not abandoned ; I was imprudent , but never premeditatedly wicked ; in me , in the suffering victim of Morano's perfidy , in the feeble , emaciated wo- . man , whose ...
... offspring of her husband . Start not , Signiora ! I am guilty , but not abandoned ; I was imprudent , but never premeditatedly wicked ; in me , in the suffering victim of Morano's perfidy , in the feeble , emaciated wo- . man , whose ...
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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...