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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... light- ning on his soul ; he had scarcely power to order Bernardo to conceal the body , and secure the woman in safety , when he darted from the chamber of death , VOL . III . B death , and regardless of the storm . which beat THE ...
... light- ning on his soul ; he had scarcely power to order Bernardo to conceal the body , and secure the woman in safety , when he darted from the chamber of death , VOL . III . B death , and regardless of the storm . which beat THE ...
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... secure to him the other ; while the gra- dations of vice and iniquity had been so constant and progressive within his mind , that murder was now become familiar to it ; and he who had once resolved upon one assassination , now did not ...
... secure to him the other ; while the gra- dations of vice and iniquity had been so constant and progressive within his mind , that murder was now become familiar to it ; and he who had once resolved upon one assassination , now did not ...
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... secure her a protector in the man he distinguished and esteem- ed , and in whom he constantly disco- vered fresh and unequivocal proofs of affection towards her . While de Cle- ance lived , however , Moraldi was well aware Eloise never ...
... secure her a protector in the man he distinguished and esteem- ed , and in whom he constantly disco- vered fresh and unequivocal proofs of affection towards her . While de Cle- ance lived , however , Moraldi was well aware Eloise never ...
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... secure of Corvino in himself , daily harrassed the mind of the Marchese with apprehensions of his per- fidy and impeachment . It may appear inconsistent , that one so politic should ever have , in any degree , placed himself in in the ...
... secure of Corvino in himself , daily harrassed the mind of the Marchese with apprehensions of his per- fidy and impeachment . It may appear inconsistent , that one so politic should ever have , in any degree , placed himself in in the ...
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... secure her to himself ; but the effect this dreadful communication produced , proved ( as it may readily be sup- posed , ) very opposite to that he had intended and expected : reason for a while forsook its dwelling , and the whole of ...
... secure her to himself ; but the effect this dreadful communication produced , proved ( as it may readily be sup- posed , ) very opposite to that he had intended and expected : reason for a while forsook its dwelling , and the whole of ...
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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...