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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... Bertoldo ? No- thine own ambitious , jealous , envious hcart , which could not brook his hap- piness or superiority ! Wert thou un- schooled in crimes , unpractised in ini- quity , when first I knew thee ? No- I found thee , though ...
... Bertoldo ? No- thine own ambitious , jealous , envious hcart , which could not brook his hap- piness or superiority ! Wert thou un- schooled in crimes , unpractised in ini- quity , when first I knew thee ? No- I found thee , though ...
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... Bertoldo ! " POOR abject wretch ! " replied Zá- notti , regarding him with stern com- posure , " I will not take thy loathed and hated being , for that indeed were mercy ; but I will reserve thee to such ལ་ lingering miseries , such ...
... Bertoldo ! " POOR abject wretch ! " replied Zá- notti , regarding him with stern com- posure , " I will not take thy loathed and hated being , for that indeed were mercy ; but I will reserve thee to such ལ་ lingering miseries , such ...
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... Bertoldo , strengthened the perverse inclinations of Moraldi's disposition . THE old Marchese di Albenza had , in the days of his youth , been a gay and dissipated man ; yet , though not possessed of a very superior under- standing , he ...
... Bertoldo , strengthened the perverse inclinations of Moraldi's disposition . THE old Marchese di Albenza had , in the days of his youth , been a gay and dissipated man ; yet , though not possessed of a very superior under- standing , he ...
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... Bertoldo the decided preference , -a preference rewarded with every mark of dutiful atten- tion and filial piety , till that period when the worn - out and suffering Mar- chese resigned his soul into the hands of of his Maker . In the ...
... Bertoldo the decided preference , -a preference rewarded with every mark of dutiful atten- tion and filial piety , till that period when the worn - out and suffering Mar- chese resigned his soul into the hands of of his Maker . In the ...
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... Bertoldo lamented him with unfeigned sorrow ; while Moraldi , engrossed with ambi- tious projects on the one side , and guilty apprehensions on the other , scarcely remembered that he had ever existed . existed . The cause of those ...
... Bertoldo lamented him with unfeigned sorrow ; while Moraldi , engrossed with ambi- tious projects on the one side , and guilty apprehensions on the other , scarcely remembered that he had ever existed . existed . The cause of those ...
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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...