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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... obtain . Nor could he ascertain whe- ther or not he had a son , a circum- stance he had also been induced to conjecture as it was , a great mystery hung over them , and grief , more than infirmity , seemed to be hastening the excellent ...
... obtain . Nor could he ascertain whe- ther or not he had a son , a circum- stance he had also been induced to conjecture as it was , a great mystery hung over them , and grief , more than infirmity , seemed to be hastening the excellent ...
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... obtain on his own terms : or , embarrassed and in- poverished as he was , matrimony must be the last resource of his necessities . Still he continued his visits at the cot- tage ; and while he lamented his hard fate , ( which , as di ...
... obtain on his own terms : or , embarrassed and in- poverished as he was , matrimony must be the last resource of his necessities . Still he continued his visits at the cot- tage ; and while he lamented his hard fate , ( which , as di ...
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... obtained a know- ledge of the circumstance ; the hour and his own conscience so completely got the better of his usually undaunted spirit , that he submitted as to a being of immortal agency . That Corvino had betrayed him , he ...
... obtained a know- ledge of the circumstance ; the hour and his own conscience so completely got the better of his usually undaunted spirit , that he submitted as to a being of immortal agency . That Corvino had betrayed him , he ...
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... and consequently had it at all times in his power to bring him to a disgraceful and ignominious death . To what end he had obtained that power , 6 or or why he should have singled him out . as 46 stranger, an adventurer, without friends ...
... and consequently had it at all times in his power to bring him to a disgraceful and ignominious death . To what end he had obtained that power , 6 or or why he should have singled him out . as 46 stranger, an adventurer, without friends ...
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... of frenzied despair , he dashed him- self prostrate on the earth ! Morano , in the interim , had , by the most ear- nest application , obtained permission for Ubaldo to converse one half hour alone , with D3 for 53 • ...
... of frenzied despair , he dashed him- self prostrate on the earth ! Morano , in the interim , had , by the most ear- nest application , obtained permission for Ubaldo to converse one half hour alone , with D3 for 53 • ...
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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...