Date: 1796

"In spite of Matilda's assurances, that the spectre was a mere creation of fancy, his mind was impressed with a certain mysterious horror."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"I am now convinced that my reason wandered, and the falsehood of the ghost's prediction is sufficient to prove my error."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"A secret, an horrible secret weighs heavy upon my soul."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"The suddenness of his action sufficed to dissipate the fumes which obscured Antonia's reason."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Amidst the horror and disgust to which his soul was a prey, pity for his victim still held a place in it."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"The storm of passion once over, he would have given worlds, had he possessed them, to have restored to her that innocence of which his unbridled lust had deprived her."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Her passion continued to prey upon her heart in secret, and she had almost determined to confess her sentiments to her mother, when accident once more threw their object in her way."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Not so Lorenzo. Antonia's death, accompanied with such terrible circumstances, weighed upon his mind heavily."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"When animation revived in me, my soul was still impressed with these terrible ideas."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"So lately a captive, oppressed with chains, perishing with hunger, suffering every inconvenience of cold and want, hidden from the light, excluded from society, hopeless, neglected, and, as I feared, forgotten: now restored to life and liberty, enjoying all the comforts of affluence and ease, su...

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)