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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... know , Morano , though by Nature marked the jest of fortune , and the sport of circumstance , Art reared the foundling with a parent's care , and made mankind my victim and my prey . J HE " He now approached the door.- Stay ! " cried 13.
... know , Morano , though by Nature marked the jest of fortune , and the sport of circumstance , Art reared the foundling with a parent's care , and made mankind my victim and my prey . J HE " He now approached the door.- Stay ! " cried 13.
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... parental au- thority , and 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 ...
... parental au- thority , and 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 ...
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... parent she adored . That they were of rank , expressions accidentally dropt by de Cleance left him not a doubt ; but who they really were , was a confidence he never could obtain . Nor could he ascertain whe- ther or not he had a son ...
... parent she adored . That they were of rank , expressions accidentally dropt by de Cleance left him not a doubt ; but who they really were , was a confidence he never could obtain . Nor could he ascertain whe- ther or not he had a son ...
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... parent , he trusted the beauty and merits of his daughter would at length secure her a protector in the man he distinguished and esteem- ed , and in whom he constantly disco- vered fresh and unequivocal proofs of affection towards her ...
... parent , he trusted the beauty and merits of his daughter would at length secure her a protector in the man he distinguished and esteem- ed , and in whom he constantly disco- vered fresh and unequivocal proofs of affection towards her ...
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... parent ; but forbore ( though every enraptured look gave testimony to the tenderness of his feelings ) to mention the subject of his love , lest he should alarm and distress her . THAT these respectful and insinuat- ing attentions ...
... parent ; but forbore ( though every enraptured look gave testimony to the tenderness of his feelings ) to mention the subject of his love , lest he should alarm and distress her . THAT these respectful and insinuat- ing attentions ...
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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...