The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale. In Three Volumes..T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1804 |
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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
... victim of unceasing regret ; while a marriage , contracted at the instigation of his family , to re - establish a fortune his own impru dencies dencies had much injured , in uniting him to a 16 had some influence in fixing his vi- ...
... victim of unceasing regret ; while a marriage , contracted at the instigation of his family , to re - establish a fortune his own impru dencies dencies had much injured , in uniting him to a 16 had some influence in fixing his vi- ...
Pàgina 19
... victims . IT was in the church of San Marco , that Moraldi was struck by the beauty of one of the loveliest girls he thought he had ever before beheld . She had been at matins ; and the dignified venerable man , who leant feebly on her ...
... victims . IT was in the church of San Marco , that Moraldi was struck by the beauty of one of the loveliest girls he thought he had ever before beheld . She had been at matins ; and the dignified venerable man , who leant feebly on her ...
Pàgina 25
... victim of an ardent , and as she herself ima- gined , hopeless affection ; for the art- ful seducer , while he appeared unable to disguise the sentiments with which she had inspired him , hinted at peculi- arities in his situation which ...
... victim of an ardent , and as she herself ima- gined , hopeless affection ; for the art- ful seducer , while he appeared unable to disguise the sentiments with which she had inspired him , hinted at peculi- arities in his situation which ...
Pàgina 30
... victim of perfidy and duplicity , I am still deceived , I never was the deceiver ! " He was a villain ! but alas ! this was no balm to the wound that villainy had inflicted ; nor had the sober admonitions of reason , power to efface ...
... victim of perfidy and duplicity , I am still deceived , I never was the deceiver ! " He was a villain ! but alas ! this was no balm to the wound that villainy had inflicted ; nor had the sober admonitions of reason , power to efface ...
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...