Date: 1796

"She was fully persuaded, that at first she had made a terrible breach in his heart; but hearing nothing more of him, she supposed that he had quitted the pursuit, disgusted by the lowness of her origin, and knowing upon other terms than marriage he had nothing to hope from such a dragon of virtu...

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Leonella was not inflexible; the ardour of his sighs melted her heart, and she soon consented to make him the happiest of mankind."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"She replied with diffidence, but without restraint: she feared not to relate to him all her little sorrows, all her little fears and anxieties; and she thanked him for his goodness with all the genuine warmth which favours kindle in a young and innocent heart."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Extreme simplicity prevented her from perceiving the aim to which the monk's insinuations tended; but the excellent morals which she owed to Elvira's care, the solidity and correctness of her understanding, and a strong sense of what was right, implanted in her heart by nature, made her feel tha...

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"He depended upon finding Antonia in some unguarded moment; and seeing no other man admitted into her society, nor hearing any mentioned either by her or by Elvira, he imagined that her young heart was still unoccupied."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"This was an untruth, but she was unconscious of its falsehood: she knew not the nature of her sentiments for Lorenzo; and never having seen him since his first visit to Elvira, with every day his image grew less feebly impressed upon her bosom."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"Do you feel no void in your heart, which you fain would have filled up?"

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"He was still under the influence of this storm of passions, when he heard a gentle knock at the door of his cell."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"At that moment an idea which flashed into his mind, almost petrified him with horror."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)

Date: 1796

"At the same time the cloud disappeared, and he beheld a figure more beautiful than fancy's pencil ever drew."

— Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818)