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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... became , by an early ini- tiation into habits of profligacy and licentiousness , an abandoned and irre- claimable character , at an age when few men have any characters at all . It is possible , that the radical evil of an erroneous ...
... became , by an early ini- tiation into habits of profligacy and licentiousness , an abandoned and irre- claimable character , at an age when few men have any characters at all . It is possible , that the radical evil of an erroneous ...
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... became severely impaired , did he awake from an infa- tuation , which left him the prey of disease , and the victim of unceasing regret ; while a marriage , contracted at the instigation of his family , to re - establish a fortune his ...
... became severely impaired , did he awake from an infa- tuation , which left him the prey of disease , and the victim of unceasing regret ; while a marriage , contracted at the instigation of his family , to re - establish a fortune his ...
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... to his grave . Yet , alas ! not all his former sorrows were sufficient to ensure him from the yet greater calamities that were in store for him under the assumed name of 1 of Marinari , Moraldi became a stant and welcome 24.
... to his grave . Yet , alas ! not all his former sorrows were sufficient to ensure him from the yet greater calamities that were in store for him under the assumed name of 1 of Marinari , Moraldi became a stant and welcome 24.
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... became a stant and welcome guest ; and under the guise of friendship , under the sem- blance of goodness and honour , en- gaged the esteem of de Cleance , and the love of his innocent child ; ere alive to her danger , she became the ...
... became a stant and welcome guest ; and under the guise of friendship , under the sem- blance of goodness and honour , en- gaged the esteem of de Cleance , and the love of his innocent child ; ere alive to her danger , she became the ...
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... to admit Moraldi , yet bereft and wretched when he did not appear , she became at length the suitor , and besought him to fulfil those vows he he had so long and so fervently pro- tested . 39 lamities and sufferings. Deprived by a ...
... to admit Moraldi , yet bereft and wretched when he did not appear , she became at length the suitor , and besought him to fulfil those vows he he had so long and so fervently pro- tested . 39 lamities and sufferings. Deprived by a ...
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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...