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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... children alone possessed the charm of beguiling the gloom and monotony of his life ; and to the excessive fondness he indulged in towards them , may be ascribed , as has before been said , most of their future misfortunes . Many years ...
... children alone possessed the charm of beguiling the gloom and monotony of his life ; and to the excessive fondness he indulged in towards them , may be ascribed , as has before been said , most of their future misfortunes . Many years ...
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... children , at that time , and the different effects produced on them , by the death of their father , have already been related . Bertoldo lamented him with unfeigned sorrow ; while Moraldi , engrossed with ambi- tious projects on the ...
... children , at that time , and the different effects produced on them , by the death of their father , have already been related . Bertoldo lamented him with unfeigned sorrow ; while Moraldi , engrossed with ambi- tious projects on the ...
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... We shall soon be at home , my dearest father ! ' " she exclaimed , pressing a pale ema- ciated hand between hers ; " do try , therefore , and walk a little further . " now " I WILL , " I WILL , my child , " replied the 21.
... We shall soon be at home , my dearest father ! ' " she exclaimed , pressing a pale ema- ciated hand between hers ; " do try , therefore , and walk a little further . " now " I WILL , " I WILL , my child , " replied the 21.
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... child , " replied the stranger , raising himself feebly from the ground , on which he had rested ; but indeed my Eloise , I can under- take this journey no more ; it is too much for me . " MORALDI , who had kept aloof during this ...
... child , " replied the stranger , raising himself feebly from the ground , on which he had rested ; but indeed my Eloise , I can under- take this journey no more ; it is too much for me . " MORALDI , who had kept aloof during this ...
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... child ; ere alive to her danger , she became the victim of an ardent , and as she herself ima- gined , hopeless affection ; for the art- ful seducer , while he appeared unable to disguise the sentiments with which she had inspired him ...
... child ; ere alive to her danger , she became the victim of an ardent , and as she herself ima- gined , hopeless affection ; for the art- ful seducer , while he appeared unable to disguise the sentiments with which she had inspired him ...
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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...