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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... seized , hur- ried to prison , and the fact of murder being incontrovertibly proved , con- demned to die ! Now , therefore , was the time to exert his influence over the Marchese . 1 " REMEMBER , " REMEMBER , Moraldi ! " he wrote , the 30.
... seized , hur- ried to prison , and the fact of murder being incontrovertibly proved , con- demned to die ! Now , therefore , was the time to exert his influence over the Marchese . 1 " REMEMBER , " REMEMBER , Moraldi ! " he wrote , the 30.
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... Remember the Eve of San Pie- tro remember , one path , however narrow , must be our mutual way through life ; fly then ! save me from my impending fate ! or to - morrow's dawn , that witnesses my death , scals the doom of the Marchese ...
... Remember the Eve of San Pie- tro remember , one path , however narrow , must be our mutual way through life ; fly then ! save me from my impending fate ! or to - morrow's dawn , that witnesses my death , scals the doom of the Marchese ...
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... , 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 ...
... , 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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A Tale. In Three Volumes.. Mary Anne Neri. " REMEMBER , son , my instruc- tions , " said the pretended Friar , as he left the prison , " and hope may still be yours . " He now repaired to an obscure lodging , hired in the city , for the ...
A Tale. In Three Volumes.. Mary Anne Neri. " REMEMBER , son , my instruc- tions , " said the pretended Friar , as he left the prison , " and hope may still be yours . " He now repaired to an obscure lodging , hired in the city , for the ...
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... remember that my late dear master ( peace be to his ashes , ) always used to warn you against a rash and hasty decision . " The whole of this reasonable argument needed not the well - remembered words of her father to be the rule of her ...
... remember that my late dear master ( peace be to his ashes , ) always used to warn you against a rash and hasty decision . " The whole of this reasonable argument needed not the well - remembered words of her father to be the rule of her ...
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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...