The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale. In Three Volumes..T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1804 |
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... nights to misery , her keenest pang was in the sense of his crimes , as her earliest prayer , her latest supplica- tion , was for his amendment and re- pentance ; and while anxiety for the dreadful fate to which she foresaw his vices ...
... nights to misery , her keenest pang was in the sense of his crimes , as her earliest prayer , her latest supplica- tion , was for his amendment and re- pentance ; and while anxiety for the dreadful fate to which she foresaw his vices ...
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... peruse this letter . How to succour him he knew not ; all his interest at court had been exerted to no effect ; money would be useless ; stratagem , therefore , was his only hope , D 2 hope , and one night , the short space allotted 51.
... peruse this letter . How to succour him he knew not ; all his interest at court had been exerted to no effect ; money would be useless ; stratagem , therefore , was his only hope , D 2 hope , and one night , the short space allotted 51.
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... night , the short space allotted to save him from destruction . The prison in which Ubaldo was con- fined , was a building of very ancient structure , and used , in former days , for the purposes of fortification ; the variety of cells ...
... night , the short space allotted to save him from destruction . The prison in which Ubaldo was con- fined , was a building of very ancient structure , and used , in former days , for the purposes of fortification ; the variety of cells ...
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... night force your way through the grating , dare to brave the stream , and I , with Corvino , will wait to succour you . " He could add little more ; the rest of the time was spent in united efforts to loosen the middle bar , and thereby ...
... night force your way through the grating , dare to brave the stream , and I , with Corvino , will wait to succour you . " He could add little more ; the rest of the time was spent in united efforts to loosen the middle bar , and thereby ...
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... night seemed to favour an enterprise , which was once more to prove the better genius of Ubaldo ; already the aperture was effected , by the strength and ingenuity of his operations ; the gaoler had gone his rounds ; and the distant ...
... night seemed to favour an enterprise , which was once more to prove the better genius of Ubaldo ; already the aperture was effected , by the strength and ingenuity of his operations ; the gaoler had gone his rounds ; and the distant ...
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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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Página 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?
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 166 - Unmark'd ; — see, from behind her secret stand, The sly informer minutes every fault, And her dread diary with horror fills.
Página 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...