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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... seek an asylum in Italy , where they subsisted , by dint of the utmost frugality , on the scanty store saved out of the wreck of their for- tunes this pittance he found , also , was much much increased by the exertions of Eloise , who ...
... seek an asylum in Italy , where they subsisted , by dint of the utmost frugality , on the scanty store saved out of the wreck of their for- tunes this pittance he found , also , was much much increased by the exertions of Eloise , who ...
Page 33
... , yet unknowing whither to seek him , she tied on her hat , and hav ing dispatched the servant one way , was preparing herself to leave the cot- tage , when something like a litter , borne c.5 borne by two men , chained her in hor- ror 33.
... , yet unknowing whither to seek him , she tied on her hat , and hav ing dispatched the servant one way , was preparing herself to leave the cot- tage , when something like a litter , borne c.5 borne by two men , chained her in hor- ror 33.
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... seek that brother , who wandered an alien through the world . Yet , dared she do this ? Dared she break the promise long since ratified to her father , never to discover the real , history of her family ? Conscious of the impropriety of ...
... seek that brother , who wandered an alien through the world . Yet , dared she do this ? Dared she break the promise long since ratified to her father , never to discover the real , history of her family ? Conscious of the impropriety of ...
Page 43
... seek a refuge ? While effrontive vice basks in the sunshine of prosperity , every door is barred against the timid and repentant sinner ; cus- tom and opinion , the despotic usurpers of pity and humanity , are contaminated by her ...
... seek a refuge ? While effrontive vice basks in the sunshine of prosperity , every door is barred against the timid and repentant sinner ; cus- tom and opinion , the despotic usurpers of pity and humanity , are contaminated by her ...
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... seek it , was no where to be found . It was now therefore beyond all doubt that he was , and must ever remain , the slave of Ubal- do ; he held a damning proof ' against him , and consequently had it at all times in his power to bring ...
... seek it , was no where to be found . It was now therefore beyond all doubt that he was , and must ever remain , the slave of Ubal- do ; he held a damning proof ' against him , and consequently had it at all times in his power to bring ...
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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...