The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... wishes ; a Ma- chiavel himself ; falsehood and hypo- crisy were unmasked in his presence ; and though the epitome of vice , so well did he assume the garb of virtue , that the unwary were ever betrayed , the unsuspecting beguiled ...
... wishes ; a Ma- chiavel himself ; falsehood and hypo- crisy were unmasked in his presence ; and though the epitome of vice , so well did he assume the garb of virtue , that the unwary were ever betrayed , the unsuspecting beguiled ...
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... wish thou could'st evade the being who , having placed thee on thy wishes ' pinnacle , may prove perchance a clog thou wouldst shake off : but fear it , and avoid it , as you would the poisoned adder in its course ; for know -Ubaldo ...
... wish thou could'st evade the being who , having placed thee on thy wishes ' pinnacle , may prove perchance a clog thou wouldst shake off : but fear it , and avoid it , as you would the poisoned adder in its course ; for know -Ubaldo ...
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... wish this steel may drink the crimsoned current from your heart , when you prove false to me , when you betray this night's event- ful meeting , or cease to be my col- league , and and my friend . You hesi- tate - the issue of your ...
... wish this steel may drink the crimsoned current from your heart , when you prove false to me , when you betray this night's event- ful meeting , or cease to be my col- league , and and my friend . You hesi- tate - the issue of your ...
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... wishes . To fix the point was therefore no difficulty with Moraldi , who possessed great artifice and powers of persuasion . The Conte , lured back to his original in- tention , soon agreed to accept him for his son - in - law ...
... wishes . To fix the point was therefore no difficulty with Moraldi , who possessed great artifice and powers of persuasion . The Conte , lured back to his original in- tention , soon agreed to accept him for his son - in - law ...
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... wishes ap- pears in sight : for what but the hope of rest and tranquillity in another world , could have supported me under those heavy trials , which , patient as I trust I have been , were sometimes almost beyond my sufferance . My ...
... wishes ap- pears in sight : for what but the hope of rest and tranquillity in another world , could have supported me under those heavy trials , which , patient as I trust I have been , were sometimes almost beyond my sufferance . My ...
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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.