The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... felt he owed his life to a stranger . My deliverer ! " cried he , " words are but poor acknowledgments for what I owe you ; yet , though for the pre- sent an adverse fortune has limited my power , I have a father , Signior , who who ...
... felt he owed his life to a stranger . My deliverer ! " cried he , " words are but poor acknowledgments for what I owe you ; yet , though for the pre- sent an adverse fortune has limited my power , I have a father , Signior , who who ...
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... felt ashamed of her indulging in what he thought caprice , and laugh- ing gaily to his brother , said " he would not be out - done even by the great Cæsar , " and left the saloon . Moraldi observing the extreme agitation of Antonia ...
... felt ashamed of her indulging in what he thought caprice , and laugh- ing gaily to his brother , said " he would not be out - done even by the great Cæsar , " and left the saloon . Moraldi observing the extreme agitation of Antonia ...
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... felt its storms , and buffeted its tempests . Ah me ! can I , unable as I have been to contend against the adverse winds of fortune myself can I shelter thee ? She raised the child in her arms ; it smiled upon her in its slumbers ; she ...
... felt its storms , and buffeted its tempests . Ah me ! can I , unable as I have been to contend against the adverse winds of fortune myself can I shelter thee ? She raised the child in her arms ; it smiled upon her in its slumbers ; she ...
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... felt , or fancied she did so , something like paper sewed between the linen , her heart bounded ; has- tily she tore it from the basket , and found indeed a small packet , with her own name on the envelope . Trembling she unfolded the ...
... felt , or fancied she did so , something like paper sewed between the linen , her heart bounded ; has- tily she tore it from the basket , and found indeed a small packet , with her own name on the envelope . Trembling she unfolded the ...
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... felt hope was dead within her bosom ; for , had she not bound herself solemnly and irrevocably to consume each record of her parents ' fate ? had she not been told death would follow the knowledge of it ? She was , too , about to leave ...
... felt hope was dead within her bosom ; for , had she not bound herself solemnly and irrevocably to consume each record of her parents ' fate ? had she not been told death would follow the knowledge of it ? She was , too , about to leave ...
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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...
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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.