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The black catalogue of stratagems was now increased. I had inspired you with the most vehement terrors: I had filled your mind with faith in shadows and confidence in dreams: I had depraved the imagination of Pleyel:
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
My voice summoned him to my aid; but I scarcely noticed his re-entrance, and now faintly recollect his terrified looks, his broken exclamations, his vehement avowals of innocence, the effusions of his pity for me, and his offers of assistance. I did not listen—I answered him not—I ceased to upbraid or accuse. His guilt was a point to which I was in
... See moreCharles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
scarcely think there is a greater sin, Lucy,” he said, solemnly, “than that of a woman who marries a man she does not love.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon • Lady Audley's Secret
Yet was I obliged to dissimulate, and to receive with a semblance of gratitude the false civilities of him who held the dagger to my bosom.
M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis • The Monk; a romance
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.