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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... look , or to respire ; if he raised his eyes upwards , Heaven seemed to open in wrath and justice ; if he cast them on the ground , the verdure was stained with gore ; murder and injury were written upon every leaf . 4 " MINE ! " the ...
... look , or to respire ; if he raised his eyes upwards , Heaven seemed to open in wrath and justice ; if he cast them on the ground , the verdure was stained with gore ; murder and injury were written upon every leaf . 4 " MINE ! " the ...
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... look of suspi- cion on his garment , " through that long winding passage , turn to the right , and you will find the Father Zanotti in his cell . " ON Zanotti now rested the last hope of the guilty B 2 ON 3 THE light, which now ...
... look of suspi- cion on his garment , " through that long winding passage , turn to the right , and you will find the Father Zanotti in his cell . " ON Zanotti now rested the last hope of the guilty B 2 ON 3 THE light, which now ...
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... looks of tenderness she had cast on her father , ( for so he concluded him to be , ) had gazed with rapture on the turns of her sweet countenance , as she raised them from her father to her God ; in short , he gazed till he admired ...
... looks of tenderness she had cast on her father , ( for so he concluded him to be , ) had gazed with rapture on the turns of her sweet countenance , as she raised them from her father to her God ; in short , he gazed till he admired ...
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... look of dignified sorrow marked each expressive feature , " I will ac- cept your offer , with gratitude ; long is it since the sounds of sympathy and commiseration have reached my ears ; ears ; you shall assist me to my cot- tage 22.
... look of dignified sorrow marked each expressive feature , " I will ac- cept your offer , with gratitude ; long is it since the sounds of sympathy and commiseration have reached my ears ; ears ; you shall assist me to my cot- tage 22.
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... look of gratitude and ten- derness , flew before , to prepare the cottage for their reception . After a visit , which lasted three hours , they parted , mutually pleased with each other ; all the information , however , that Moraldi ...
... look of gratitude and ten- derness , flew before , to prepare the cottage for their reception . After a visit , which lasted three hours , they parted , mutually pleased with each other ; all the information , however , that Moraldi ...
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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 - 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...
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Page 166 - Unmark'd ; — see, from behind her secret stand, The sly informer minutes every fault, And her dread diary with horror fills.
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