The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... natures were widely contrasted ; and while in early life the good Bertoldo had strove to conciliate the friendship and affection of his brother , he had outwardly returned his generous ad- vances with coldness , inwardly envied and ...
... natures were widely contrasted ; and while in early life the good Bertoldo had strove to conciliate the friendship and affection of his brother , he had outwardly returned his generous ad- vances with coldness , inwardly envied and ...
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... and crush the unwary traveller as he passed , a gro- tesque figure of San - Pietro , placed by the holy zeal of some pilgrims at its base , added considerably to the natural awfulness 1 awfulness of the scene . Not a breath stole upon 14.
... and crush the unwary traveller as he passed , a gro- tesque figure of San - Pietro , placed by the holy zeal of some pilgrims at its base , added considerably to the natural awfulness 1 awfulness of the scene . Not a breath stole upon 14.
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... nature ; yet he had infinitely too much vanity to suppose she could prove averse , when he sued for her favour . Young , handsome , and of insinuating manners , he had found the generality of women too weak and in- considerate to resist ...
... nature ; yet he had infinitely too much vanity to suppose she could prove averse , when he sued for her favour . Young , handsome , and of insinuating manners , he had found the generality of women too weak and in- considerate to resist ...
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... nature , that he would have rejoiced in the downfal of the very man who had bestowed them . That he was the younger , had , from the first dawnings of reason , been galling to his spirit ; Bertoldo , too , from hay- ing always evinced ...
... nature , that he would have rejoiced in the downfal of the very man who had bestowed them . That he was the younger , had , from the first dawnings of reason , been galling to his spirit ; Bertoldo , too , from hay- ing always evinced ...
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... petition with his lost peace and for- feited integrity ; now , when so near a prospect of their loss presented it- self , with that perverseness so natural to to human beings , resumed more than their wonted force 42.
... petition with his lost peace and for- feited integrity ; now , when so near a prospect of their loss presented it- self , with that perverseness so natural to to human beings , resumed more than their wonted force 42.
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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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