The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... Lorenzo , who has never been in his right senses since he was a boy of eleven years old . " " WAS his derangement occasioned by any accident ? " asked Viola . " YES , Signiora , " replied the old woman ; " he fell , when playing with ...
... Lorenzo , who has never been in his right senses since he was a boy of eleven years old . " " WAS his derangement occasioned by any accident ? " asked Viola . " YES , Signiora , " replied the old woman ; " he fell , when playing with ...
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... Lorenzo ! every one leaves poor Lorenzo : " but , he added , with an unmeaning smile , and in a rapid sort of whisper , " when I am ' Lord of that great castle I told you of , I shall be rich Lorenzo , and I'll leave every body then ...
... Lorenzo ! every one leaves poor Lorenzo : " but , he added , with an unmeaning smile , and in a rapid sort of whisper , " when I am ' Lord of that great castle I told you of , I shall be rich Lorenzo , and I'll leave every body then ...
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... Lorenzo , I would have beat them for it ; but yet don't mind , for you shall always have half mine , that you shall ! " . LORENZO uttered not a word , but he returned the pipe into his pocket , and then cast such a look on his little ...
... Lorenzo , I would have beat them for it ; but yet don't mind , for you shall always have half mine , that you shall ! " . LORENZO uttered not a word , but he returned the pipe into his pocket , and then cast such a look on his little ...
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... Lorenzo home at the same time , if you please . " 66 As she spoke , he turned round , and seeing a stranger , hastily snatched up the dog , and was precipitately flying from the spot , when the voice of his young attendant arrested his ...
... Lorenzo home at the same time , if you please . " 66 As she spoke , he turned round , and seeing a stranger , hastily snatched up the dog , and was precipitately flying from the spot , when the voice of his young attendant arrested his ...
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... Lorenzo , at the same time admiring the dress of Viola , whose tears , soft as the dew of morn- ing , fell as they went along Poor Lorenzo ! never before had the genuine drop of sympathy moistened thy flinty way . They reached the hovel ...
... Lorenzo , at the same time admiring the dress of Viola , whose tears , soft as the dew of morn- ing , fell as they went along Poor Lorenzo ! never before had the genuine drop of sympathy moistened thy flinty way . They reached the hovel ...
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Abruzzo Albenza anca art thou beauty benza Bertoldo Bianca bless bosom brother castle ceived CHAP character cheek chesa chese child companion Conte countenance creature cried Viola dark daugh death dreadful Eve of San-Pietro exclaimed eyes fancy father faultered favour fear feelings felt Frenchman gazed Gradisca hand happiness heard heart Heaven Holy honour hope hour idea interrupted Viola Juliana kucw Lady Laurentine Lilla lives look Lord Lorenzo manner Marchese marriage ment mind Monte Cassino Montebino moping Morano mother Naples nature ness never nexions night pale parents passion peace Pescara pillow poor prove raised recollection rence replied repose rest round saloon seek seemed shuddered sigh sink sleep smile soon sorrow soul stranger sunk sure sweet tears thee tion tone trembling Ubaldo uncon vate verdi vocable voice wife wish woman words wretched young Zanotti
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Page 176 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill. Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne.
Page 1 - Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his Tongue Dropt Manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest Counsels: for his thoughts were low...
Page 243 - Then will I grant thee all thy soul's desire ; All that may charm thine ear, and please thy sight : All that thy thought can frame, or wish require,] To steep thy ravish'd senses in delight. The sumptuous feast, enhanc'd with music's sound , Fittest to tune the melting soul to love : Rich odors, breathing choicest sweets around...
Page 233 - Lear is doubtless correct when he says that it is "sharper than a serpent's tooth to have a thankless child.
Page 113 - It knows not wherefore : — What a kind of being is circumstance ! I am a soldier, and were yonder battlements, Garnish'd with combatants, and cannon-mounted, My daring breast would bound with exultation, And glorious hopes enliven this drear scene. Now dare not I scarce tread to my own hearing, Lest echo borrow superstition's tongue, And seem to answer me, like one departed.
Page 1 - I am settled, and bend np , Each corporal agent to this terrible feat.