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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... ment , only served to increase those suggestions , by strengthening , through the gloominess of the chamber , the black representations of his Own thoughts . thoughts . Across the mattrass lay Za- notti ; the ON Zanotti now rested the ...
... ment , only served to increase those suggestions , by strengthening , through the gloominess of the chamber , the black representations of his Own thoughts . thoughts . Across the mattrass lay Za- notti ; the ON Zanotti now rested the ...
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... ment . Her heart was innately virtuous , but her imagination ardent , and herself too much the child of nature and sin- cerity to distrust the want of it in an- other ; till acquainted with Moraldi , all the tenderness of her ...
... ment . Her heart was innately virtuous , but her imagination ardent , and herself too much the child of nature and sin- cerity to distrust the want of it in an- other ; till acquainted with Moraldi , all the tenderness of her ...
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... ment , that a period might arrive , when he would cease to administer even to the necessities of his child : greedily did her eyes now devour the glittering treasure , as the tear of bitter regret mingled with the ray of pleasure , that ...
... ment , that a period might arrive , when he would cease to administer even to the necessities of his child : greedily did her eyes now devour the glittering treasure , as the tear of bitter regret mingled with the ray of pleasure , that ...
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... dangers of the night , and all the fury of the tempest , her heart bounded in grati- tude at enfolding its best treasure , and every other consideration was for a mo- ment ment forgotten . Truth , however , at last flashed 86.
... dangers of the night , and all the fury of the tempest , her heart bounded in grati- tude at enfolding its best treasure , and every other consideration was for a mo- ment ment forgotten . Truth , however , at last flashed 86.
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A Tale. In Three Volumes.. Mary Anne Neri. ment forgotten . Truth , however , at last flashed on her mind , for on feeling in her bosom for the purse , to her hor-- ror and despair she discovered it had been taken , and herself and child ...
A Tale. In Three Volumes.. Mary Anne Neri. ment forgotten . Truth , however , at last flashed on her mind , for on feeling in her bosom for the purse , to her hor-- ror and despair she discovered it had been taken , and herself and child ...
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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...