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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... past the door of the cell , and was seen no longer . Ir is now requisite we should recur to incidents in the early life of Mora- no , not yet explained . When first emerging from the bosom of his fa- mily , and regardless of their ...
... past the door of the cell , and was seen no longer . Ir is now requisite we should recur to incidents in the early life of Mora- no , not yet explained . When first emerging from the bosom of his fa- mily , and regardless of their ...
Page 25
... note of Eloise was heard no longer ; her music was neglected , her drawings torn and ef- faced , and all her hours past in tracing each step of the path where she had VOL . II . C first first scen Moraldi , in musing on his image when 25.
... note of Eloise was heard no longer ; her music was neglected , her drawings torn and ef- faced , and all her hours past in tracing each step of the path where she had VOL . II . C first first scen Moraldi , in musing on his image when 25.
Page 63
... past , and ignorant of his union with Juliana , she looked forward to her approaching confinement , as to a circumstance fraught with the only pleasure she now could experience ; for the indifference of Moraldi towards her increased ...
... past , and ignorant of his union with Juliana , she looked forward to her approaching confinement , as to a circumstance fraught with the only pleasure she now could experience ; for the indifference of Moraldi towards her increased ...
Page 69
... past as a frightful dream , from which she awoke but to the keenest sense of the gloomy horrors presented in the futurity ; this , how- ever , was no time for reflection , and to save herself from dishonour , and her child from ...
... past as a frightful dream , from which she awoke but to the keenest sense of the gloomy horrors presented in the futurity ; this , how- ever , was no time for reflection , and to save herself from dishonour , and her child from ...
Page 90
... to cherish ex- istence ; but it was not to be ; and after revolving over a thousand plans ; after a whole night past in restless inquie- tude , " tude , one only , of romantic and pre- 90 heart; instantly he staggered and fell. ...
... to cherish ex- istence ; but it was not to be ; and after revolving over a thousand plans ; after a whole night past in restless inquie- tude , " tude , one only , of romantic and pre- 90 heart; instantly he staggered and fell. ...
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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...