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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... present conduct , ingenuously told him , that he must either desist from his visits , or pub licly and openly avow his motives for proceeding in them . Moraldi , un- prepared for the attack , and entirely thrown off his guard by the ...
... present conduct , ingenuously told him , that he must either desist from his visits , or pub licly and openly avow his motives for proceeding in them . Moraldi , un- prepared for the attack , and entirely thrown off his guard by the ...
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... present situa- tion , yet unknowing where to seek another ; fearing to admit Moraldi , yet bereft and wretched when he did not appear , she became at length the suitor , and besought him to fulfil those vows he he had so long and so ...
... present situa- tion , yet unknowing where to seek another ; fearing to admit Moraldi , yet bereft and wretched when he did not appear , she became at length the suitor , and besought him to fulfil those vows he he had so long and so ...
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... present situation was a much worse alternative , and one she resolved to brave every danger rather than run the hazard of . Ubaldo was absent ; there might be time then for her to elude his pursuit ; and as it was her resolution to take ...
... present situation was a much worse alternative , and one she resolved to brave every danger rather than run the hazard of . Ubaldo was absent ; there might be time then for her to elude his pursuit ; and as it was her resolution to take ...
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... present exigency , those sums , lavished on her by Mo- raldi in the days of his fondness , for the adornment of her person , had been carefully hoarded , in the sad presenti- ment , that a period might arrive , when he would cease to ...
... present exigency , those sums , lavished on her by Mo- raldi in the days of his fondness , for the adornment of her person , had been carefully hoarded , in the sad presenti- ment , that a period might arrive , when he would cease to ...
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... present con- duct : " I must , however , journey economically , my good friend , replied Eloise with a heavy sigh , " for my poor store is scarcely adequate to the procuring my admittance at any Con- vent ; but God , I trust , will be ...
... present con- duct : " I must , however , journey economically , my good friend , replied Eloise with a heavy sigh , " for my poor store is scarcely adequate to the procuring my admittance at any Con- vent ; but God , I trust , will be ...
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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...