The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale. In Three Volumes..T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1804 |
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Pàgina 6
... was heavy ; and it seemed as though the violent exertion of years had submitted to the soft influence of Nature ; for a sigh , deep , laboured , and long repres- sed , sed , burst convulsively from the tough and flinty bosom 6.
... was heavy ; and it seemed as though the violent exertion of years had submitted to the soft influence of Nature ; for a sigh , deep , laboured , and long repres- sed , sed , burst convulsively from the tough and flinty bosom 6.
Pàgina 12
... nature alone suffi- cient to preclude all ideas of gratitude , or of tenderness : Thou wert then a murderer ; and I , ( whether by chance or by design , ) was privy to the deed . That I was the deluder of thy youth , or the evil ...
... nature alone suffi- cient to preclude all ideas of gratitude , or of tenderness : Thou wert then a murderer ; and I , ( whether by chance or by design , ) was privy to the deed . That I was the deluder of thy youth , or the evil ...
Pàgina 13
... , 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.
... , 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.
Pàgina 16
... natural good heart of Bertoldo , strengthened the perverse inclinations of Moraldi's disposition . THE old Marchese di Albenza had , in the days of his youth , been a gay and dissipated man ; yet , though not possessed of a very ...
... natural good heart of Bertoldo , strengthened the perverse inclinations of Moraldi's disposition . THE old Marchese di Albenza had , in the days of his youth , been a gay and dissipated man ; yet , though not possessed of a very ...
Pàgina 38
... nature and sin- cerity to distrust the want of it in an- other ; till acquainted with Moraldi , all the tenderness of her disposition had centered in her father ; with him she had quitted France , and from him had acquired every ...
... nature and sin- cerity to distrust the want of it in an- other ; till acquainted with Moraldi , all the tenderness of her disposition had centered in her father ; with him she had quitted France , and from him had acquired every ...
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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...