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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... heavy ; and it seemed as though the violent exertion of years had submitted to the soft influence of Nature ; for a sigh , deep , laboured , and long repres- sed , sed , burst convulsively from the tough and flinty bosom 6.
... heavy ; and it seemed as though the violent exertion of years had submitted to the soft influence of Nature ; for a sigh , deep , laboured , and long repres- sed , sed , burst convulsively from the tough and flinty bosom 6.
Page 18
... heavy on his spirits , and filled him with sad pre- sentiments ; many times he tried to speak , and unburthen his mind of a weight that seemed to oppress him , but it was not to be ; from the moment of his danger , articulation fled ...
... heavy on his spirits , and filled him with sad pre- sentiments ; many times he tried to speak , and unburthen his mind of a weight that seemed to oppress him , but it was not to be ; from the moment of his danger , articulation fled ...
Page 53
... heavy chains which ma- nacled his limbs . Now he traversed the narrow boundary of his dungeon ! now he raved in execration on the name of Moraldi ! vainly his cager eye rested on the grating of his window ! vainly his strong arm shook ...
... heavy chains which ma- nacled his limbs . Now he traversed the narrow boundary of his dungeon ! now he raved in execration on the name of Moraldi ! vainly his cager eye rested on the grating of his window ! vainly his strong arm shook ...
Page 73
... heavy sigh , " for my poor store is scarcely adequate to the procuring my admittance at any Con- vent ; but God , I trust , will be my guide , " she added , " and to quit for ever this dwelling of wretchedness and` iniquity VOL . III ...
... heavy sigh , " for my poor store is scarcely adequate to the procuring my admittance at any Con- vent ; but God , I trust , will be my guide , " she added , " and to quit for ever this dwelling of wretchedness and` iniquity VOL . III ...
Page 101
... heavy on my heart , and almost incapacitate me from the continuance of my present melancholy duty . was the fatality attending every in- cident in the life of the unfortunate de Volange , that the messenger , who had been dispatched ...
... heavy on my heart , and almost incapacitate me from the continuance of my present melancholy duty . was the fatality attending every in- cident in the life of the unfortunate de Volange , that the messenger , who had been dispatched ...
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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...