The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
A Romance
Interspersed With Some Pieces of Poetry
Fate sits on these dark battlements, and frowns,
And, as the portals open to receive me,
Her voice, in sullen echoes through the courts,
Tells of a nameless deed.
VOLUME 1
CHAPTER I
home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where, Supporting and supported, polish'd friends And dear relations mingle into bliss.* *Thomson
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