The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale. In Three Volumes..T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1804 |
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Pàgina
... dreadful tidings in the blow ! Is this the flight of fancy ? would it were ! Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings , but Himself , That hideous sight - a NAKED HUMAN HEART ! YOUNG . You've wrong'd me all , and on you all - but hold- I ...
... dreadful tidings in the blow ! Is this the flight of fancy ? would it were ! Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings , but Himself , That hideous sight - a NAKED HUMAN HEART ! YOUNG . You've wrong'd me all , and on you all - but hold- I ...
Pàgina 1
... dreadful deed , horror and conster- nation seemed to have stupified Mo- rano ; an universal shivering seized his whole frame , and the last mysterious words of Gradisca , struck like light- ning on his soul ; he had scarcely power to ...
... dreadful deed , horror and conster- nation seemed to have stupified Mo- rano ; an universal shivering seized his whole frame , and the last mysterious words of Gradisca , struck like light- ning on his soul ; he had scarcely power to ...
Pàgina 38
... had acquired every instructive lesson , save that of conquering those feelings , and acquiring that penetration , to the want of which he had owed all his own ca- lamities lamities and sufferings . Deprived by a dreadful accident of 38.
... had acquired every instructive lesson , save that of conquering those feelings , and acquiring that penetration , to the want of which he had owed all his own ca- lamities lamities and sufferings . Deprived by a dreadful accident of 38.
Pàgina 39
... dreadful accident of this parent , and thrown entirely on the protection of the man she loved , without one other be- ing to advise or counsel her , whither could she go ? Ir was now she was on the point of betraying to him the secret ...
... dreadful accident of this parent , and thrown entirely on the protection of the man she loved , without one other be- ing to advise or counsel her , whither could she go ? Ir was now she was on the point of betraying to him the secret ...
Pàgina 41
... and re- pentance ; and while anxiety for the dreadful fate to which she foresaw his vices must in the end reduce him , rent her bosom , a placid consolation fol- lowed . lowed her orisons , as she exclaimed , in the 41.
... and re- pentance ; and while anxiety for the dreadful fate to which she foresaw his vices must in the end reduce him , rent her bosom , a placid consolation fol- lowed . lowed her orisons , as she exclaimed , in the 41.
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 166 - Unmark'd ; — see, from behind her secret stand, The sly informer minutes every fault, And her dread diary with horror fills.
Pàgina 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...