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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... miseries he has caused , to reproach the conduct he has instigat- ed ! " exclaimed Morano , in accents . of the bitterest anguish- " No , " he added , while the drops of agony started to his forehead , and his frenzied eye gazed wildly ...
... miseries he has caused , to reproach the conduct he has instigat- ed ! " exclaimed Morano , in accents . of the bitterest anguish- " No , " he added , while the drops of agony started to his forehead , and his frenzied eye gazed wildly ...
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... miseries , such unheard of sufferings , as only thou deservest ! Peruse those papers , " he continued , 4 they are not those you once saw ; they were the records of my hidden fate ; fate ; these will teach you to curse yours ! 14.
... miseries , such unheard of sufferings , as only thou deservest ! Peruse those papers , " he continued , 4 they are not those you once saw ; they were the records of my hidden fate ; fate ; these will teach you to curse yours ! 14.
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... miseries had taught thee suspicion ; had taught thee that the serpent , while fostering in the bosom of a father , will oftimes strike his dead- liest poison at the heart of his offspring : Not till too late did he observe the ...
... miseries had taught thee suspicion ; had taught thee that the serpent , while fostering in the bosom of a father , will oftimes strike his dead- liest poison at the heart of his offspring : Not till too late did he observe the ...
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... inwardly sigh- ed the wretched mother , as she covered her infant within her cloak , " to what miseries hast thou not reduced an al- ready ready too injured race ? Oh , hadst thou but 82 she had only power to articulate, "Let ...
... inwardly sigh- ed the wretched mother , as she covered her infant within her cloak , " to what miseries hast thou not reduced an al- ready ready too injured race ? Oh , hadst thou but 82 she had only power to articulate, "Let ...
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... miseries of want and distress ; too old for employ- ment , too infirm to seek one , she qui- etly sunk into the tomb , praying with her latest breath for the happiness and restoration of the posterity of the good de Volange . That the ...
... miseries of want and distress ; too old for employ- ment , too infirm to seek one , she qui- etly sunk into the tomb , praying with her latest breath for the happiness and restoration of the posterity of the good de Volange . That the ...
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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...