The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale. In Three Volumes..T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 12
Page
... but hold- I form Revenge too mighty to be told ! OVID'S EPISTLES . VOL . III . LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES , STRAND ; BY I , GOLD , SHOE - LANE , FLEET - STREET , 1804 . ( ) 2370 THE EVE OF SAN - PIETRO . THE.
... but hold- I form Revenge too mighty to be told ! OVID'S EPISTLES . VOL . III . LONDON : PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES , STRAND ; BY I , GOLD , SHOE - LANE , FLEET - STREET , 1804 . ( ) 2370 THE EVE OF SAN - PIETRO . THE.
Page 110
... come , when Louis de Vo lange will seek and revenge himself upon the enemies of his father ! " LET me hasten to the conclusion of my sad narration ; dreadful as was the parting , parting , it was at length effected . My mother 110.
... come , when Louis de Vo lange will seek and revenge himself upon the enemies of his father ! " LET me hasten to the conclusion of my sad narration ; dreadful as was the parting , parting , it was at length effected . My mother 110.
Page 141
... revenge remained for him , save chal- lenging him to fight , which he knew the Marchese would refuse to accept from an obscure and unknown stran- ger , a plea , his guilty conscience would gladly induce him to make use of ; cowardly ...
... revenge remained for him , save chal- lenging him to fight , which he knew the Marchese would refuse to accept from an obscure and unknown stran- ger , a plea , his guilty conscience would gladly induce him to make use of ; cowardly ...
Page 151
... revenge ? " " HONOURABLE ! " returned Ubaldo , while a smile of involuntary contempt past over his features ; " let honour contend with honour ; fraud and vil- lainy must meet their equals , upon equal terms ! " At this moment , the Mar ...
... revenge ? " " HONOURABLE ! " returned Ubaldo , while a smile of involuntary contempt past over his features ; " let honour contend with honour ; fraud and vil- lainy must meet their equals , upon equal terms ! " At this moment , the Mar ...
Page 192
... revenge ; thus would I strike , and tell this coward heart , it is a Brother's hand now sends it to per- dition ! " OH , save him ! save my brother ! " exclaimed the fancied spectre , flying towards him ; " it is Bertoldo bids Moraldi ...
... revenge ; thus would I strike , and tell this coward heart , it is a Brother's hand now sends it to per- dition ! " OH , save him ! save my brother ! " exclaimed the fancied spectre , flying towards him ; " it is Bertoldo bids Moraldi ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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...