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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... lived , however , Moraldi was well aware Eloise never could be his ; for poor and reduced as was his condition , he knew his soul to be the proud seat of honour , and that the almost expiring embers of latent courage , would be ...
... lived , however , Moraldi was well aware Eloise never could be his ; for poor and reduced as was his condition , he knew his soul to be the proud seat of honour , and that the almost expiring embers of latent courage , would be ...
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... lived not long to be her consolation , and by this time the fortunes of Mo- raldi were arrived at so desperate a state , that it was absolutely necessary he should form some plan for their speedy re - establishment . That of mar- riage ...
... lived not long to be her consolation , and by this time the fortunes of Mo- raldi were arrived at so desperate a state , that it was absolutely necessary he should form some plan for their speedy re - establishment . That of mar- riage ...
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... lived only to prey upon his species , became the slave of a wo- man , and of the passion with which she inspired him . Long was it , ere the eyes of Eloise opened to a circum- stance that filled her with horror and dismay , while a ...
... lived only to prey upon his species , became the slave of a wo- man , and of the passion with which she inspired him . Long was it , ere the eyes of Eloise opened to a circum- stance that filled her with horror and dismay , while a ...
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... , and take up her abode with a relation who lived in Naples , where Eloise was to write , as soon as she reached the end of her E 2 journey . journey . A voice at the gate , calling Claudine 75 "GOD!" solemnly replied Clau- ...
... , and take up her abode with a relation who lived in Naples , where Eloise was to write , as soon as she reached the end of her E 2 journey . journey . A voice at the gate , calling Claudine 75 "GOD!" solemnly replied Clau- ...
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... lived in the village , and who , having a thorough knowledge of the surround- ing country , chiefly earned a subsist- ence by acting as guides to the diffe- rent families who resided there . dovico had long been employed in the little ...
... lived in the village , and who , having a thorough knowledge of the surround- ing country , chiefly earned a subsist- ence by acting as guides to the diffe- rent families who resided there . dovico had long been employed in the little ...
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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...