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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... thou hast sealed the doom which long has been im- pending over thy head . Hast thou for- gotten the Eve of San Pietro ? Weak Moraldi , Moraldi , hast thou forgotten , that the day which "where is thy daughter now? Pa- ...
... thou hast sealed the doom which long has been im- pending over thy head . Hast thou for- gotten the Eve of San Pietro ? Weak Moraldi , Moraldi , hast thou forgotten , that the day which "where is thy daughter now? Pa- ...
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... with which he measured the boundary of the cell , proved the impatience of Zanotti ; " hear me ac- knowledge that my life , my happiness , B 5 my my reputation , are now within your power ; that g Moraldi, hast thou forgotten, that the ...
... with which he measured the boundary of the cell , proved the impatience of Zanotti ; " hear me ac- knowledge that my life , my happiness , B 5 my my reputation , are now within your power ; that g Moraldi, hast thou forgotten, that the ...
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... thou , to whose insidious counsels I am indebted for all my sufferings , and for all my crimes ; the deluder of my youth , the betrayer of my peace , the subtle fiend sent by my envious fate , to blight my prospects , and to crush my ...
... thou , to whose insidious counsels I am indebted for all my sufferings , and for all my crimes ; the deluder of my youth , the betrayer of my peace , the subtle fiend sent by my envious fate , to blight my prospects , and to crush my ...
Page 12
... Thou wert then a murderer ; and I , ( whether by chance or by design , ) was privy to the deed . That I was the deluder of thy youth , or the evil counsellor of thy conduct , that very deed denies : for , was it I who led thee to embrue ...
... Thou wert then a murderer ; and I , ( whether by chance or by design , ) was privy to the deed . That I was the deluder of thy youth , or the evil counsellor of thy conduct , that very deed denies : for , was it I who led thee to embrue ...
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... thou hast still to learn ; but yet a few days , and all shall be com- pleted ; yet a few days , and thou . shalt know me for what I am for the preservation and protection which thou hast hitherto so generously afforded me , " he added ...
... thou hast still to learn ; but yet a few days , and all shall be com- pleted ; yet a few days , and thou . shalt know me for what I am for the preservation and protection which thou hast hitherto so generously afforded me , " he added ...
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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...