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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Page 51
... witnesses my death , scals the doom of the Marchese di Mo- rano ! " WITH every mingled sensation of horror and dismay , did the wretched Marchese peruse this letter . How to succour him he knew not ; all his interest at court had been ...
... witnesses my death , scals the doom of the Marchese di Mo- rano ! " WITH every mingled sensation of horror and dismay , did the wretched Marchese peruse this letter . How to succour him he knew not ; all his interest at court had been ...
Page 104
... witness . the sufferings , perhaps perhaps the insults , offered to your lovely wife ? " " MONTEBINO , " said my father , this is in truth a sorry picture ; but Justice , I trust , shall still triumph over treachery and deception ; the ...
... witness . the sufferings , perhaps perhaps the insults , offered to your lovely wife ? " " MONTEBINO , " said my father , this is in truth a sorry picture ; but Justice , I trust , shall still triumph over treachery and deception ; the ...
Page 107
... witnesses who were to be brought against him ; and above all , the weak- ness of innocence and integrity , when contending with power , treachery , and deception . Alas ! overruled by his arguments , and melted even to tears , by the ...
... witnesses who were to be brought against him ; and above all , the weak- ness of innocence and integrity , when contending with power , treachery , and deception . Alas ! overruled by his arguments , and melted even to tears , by the ...
Page 110
... witness of the scene ; " Conte di Montebino , " said Louis , while his eye was rivetted on the countenance of the villain " Conte di Montebino , you have un- dertaken a solemn trust ; the wealth and dignity of a high , though injured ...
... witness of the scene ; " Conte di Montebino , " said Louis , while his eye was rivetted on the countenance of the villain " Conte di Montebino , you have un- dertaken a solemn trust ; the wealth and dignity of a high , though injured ...
Page 111
... witness , gave me , in addition to the early education I had received , reflec- tions far above my age ; indeed the sad events I have related were then deeply engraven on my heart , and memory has never ceased to record them . For ...
... witness , gave me , in addition to the early education I had received , reflec- tions far above my age ; indeed the sad events I have related were then deeply engraven on my heart , and memory has never ceased to record them . For ...
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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...