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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... period of this history , had occasioned him so much agitation ; he flew towards it ; one daring hand in- stinctively grasped at its contents , while the other , trembling between fear and resolution , groped uncon- sciously within his ...
... period of this history , had occasioned him so much agitation ; he flew towards it ; one daring hand in- stinctively grasped at its contents , while the other , trembling between fear and resolution , groped uncon- sciously within his ...
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... preference , -a preference rewarded with every mark of dutiful atten- tion and filial piety , till that period when the worn - out and suffering Mar- chese resigned his soul into the hands of of his Maker . In the solemn hour of expected ...
... preference , -a preference rewarded with every mark of dutiful atten- tion and filial piety , till that period when the worn - out and suffering Mar- chese resigned his soul into the hands of of his Maker . In the solemn hour of expected ...
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... period peace and satisfaction were for ever banished the breast of this unfortunate woman ; she awoke from her fleeting dream of hap- piness to convictions that harrowed and confounded her . A few short months not only brought her to ...
... period peace and satisfaction were for ever banished the breast of this unfortunate woman ; she awoke from her fleeting dream of hap- piness to convictions that harrowed and confounded her . A few short months not only brought her to ...
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... period it com- menced , finally served to injure the fame of the Marchese , and debase his own , in the public estimation , who could not but despise and condemn a character , which , gifted with under- standing , and endowed with ...
... period it com- menced , finally served to injure the fame of the Marchese , and debase his own , in the public estimation , who could not but despise and condemn a character , which , gifted with under- standing , and endowed with ...
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... the middle bar , and thereby effect an opening , which they had just concluded , when the entrance of the gaoler announced the ex- piration of the stated period . " REMEMBER , " REMEMBER , son , my instruc- tions , " 54 for Ubaldo to ...
... the middle bar , and thereby effect an opening , which they had just concluded , when the entrance of the gaoler announced the ex- piration of the stated period . " REMEMBER , " REMEMBER , son , my instruc- tions , " 54 for Ubaldo to ...
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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...