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| author | pgww <pgww@lists.pglaf.org> | 2026-07-03 16:06:15 -0700 |
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| committer | pgww <pgww@lists.pglaf.org> | 2026-07-03 16:06:15 -0700 |
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diff --git a/792-h/792-h.htm b/792-h/792-h.htm index 234e23b..9c60d2b 100644 --- a/792-h/792-h.htm +++ b/792-h/792-h.htm @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ .pagenum {display:inline; font-size: 70%; font-style:normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: absolute; right: 1%; text-align: right;} + .right { text-align: right; } + .smcp { font-variant:small-caps } pre { font-style: italic; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 10%;} </style> @@ -104,7 +106,10 @@ present attempt. </p> <p> - C. B. B. September 3, 1798. + C. B. B. + </p> + <p class="right"> + <i>September 3, 1798</i>. </p> <p> <br > <br > @@ -1987,7 +1992,7 @@ Next day arose in darkness and storm. Torrents of rain fell during the whole day, attended with incessant thunder, which reverberated in stunning echoes from the opposite declivity. The inclemency of the air would not - allow me to walk-out. I had, indeed, no inclination to leave my apartment. + allow me to walk out. I had, indeed, no inclination to leave my apartment. I betook myself to the contemplation of this portrait, whose attractions time had rather enhanced than diminished. I laid aside my usual occupations, and seating myself at a window, consumed the day in @@ -2480,7 +2485,7 @@ Pleyel found him to be connected, on the footing of friendship and respect, with many eminent merchants in that city. He had embraced the catholic religion, and adopted a Spanish name instead of his own, which - was CARWIN, and devoted himself to the literature and religion of his new + was <span class="smcp">Carwin</span>, and devoted himself to the literature and religion of his new country. He pursued no profession, but subsisted on remittances from England. </p> @@ -2490,7 +2495,7 @@ this new acquaintance. On general topics he was highly intelligent and communicative. He had visited every corner of Spain, and could furnish the most accurate details respecting its ancient and present state. On topics - of religion and of his own history, previous to his TRANSFORMATION into a + of religion and of his own history, previous to his <em>transformation</em> into a Spaniard, he was invariably silent. You could merely gather from his discourse that he was English, and that he was well acquainted with the neighbouring countries. @@ -3471,8 +3476,8 @@ <p> Yet my conduct was wise. Carwin, unable to comprehend my folly, ascribed my behaviour to my knowledge. He conceived himself previously detected, - and such detection being possible to flow only from MY heavenly friend, - and HIS enemy, his fears acquired additional strength. + and such detection being possible to flow only from <em>my</em> heavenly friend, + and <em>his</em> enemy, his fears acquired additional strength. </p> <p> He is apprized of the nature and intentions of this being. Perhaps he is a @@ -4641,9 +4646,9 @@ this. The slightest obstacle would have repelled me; but my eye glanced almost spontaneously upon the paper. I caught only parts of sentences; but my eyes comprehended more at a glance, because the characters were - short-hand. I lighted on the words SUMMER-HOUSE, MIDNIGHT, and made out a + short-hand. I lighted on the words <em>summer-house</em>, <em>midnight</em>, and made out a passage which spoke of the propriety and of the effects to be expected - from ANOTHER interview. All this passed in less than a moment. I then + from <em>another</em> interview. All this passed in less than a moment. I then checked myself, and made myself known to you, by a tap upon your shoulder. </p> <p> @@ -5109,7 +5114,7 @@ Farewell. </p> <p> - "CARWIN." + CARWIN." </p> <p> What a letter was this! A man known to be an assassin and robber; one @@ -5297,7 +5302,7 @@ </p> <p> These reflections, if they did not change, at least suspended my decision. - In this state of uncertainty I alighted at the HUT. We gave this name to + In this state of uncertainty I alighted at the <em>hut</em>. We gave this name to the house tenanted by the farmer and his servants, and which was situated on the verge of my brother's ground, and at a considerable distance from the mansion. The path to the mansion was planted by a double row of @@ -5460,7 +5465,7 @@ <p> I have said that I cast a look behind. Some object was expected to be seen, or why should I have gazed in that direction? Two senses were at - once assailed. The same piercing exclamation of HOLD! HOLD! was uttered + once assailed. The same piercing exclamation of <em>hold! hold!</em> was uttered within the same distance of my ear. This it was that I heard. The airy undulation, and the shock given to my nerves, were real. Whether the spectacle which I beheld existed in my fancy or without, might be doubted. @@ -5580,9 +5585,9 @@ </p> <p> I had not been terrified by empty menaces. Violation and death awaited my - entrance into this chamber. Some inscrutable chance had led HER hither + entrance into this chamber. Some inscrutable chance had led <em>her</em> hither before me, and the merciless fangs of which I was designed to be the prey, - had mistaken their victim, and had fixed themselves in HER heart. But + had mistaken their victim, and had fixed themselves in <em>her</em> heart. But where was my safety? Was the mischief exhausted or flown? The steps of the assassin had just been here; they could not be far off; in a moment he would rush into my presence, and I should perish under the same polluting @@ -5620,7 +5625,7 @@ restored it to order, and seating myself on the bed, again fixed stedfast eyes upon her countenance. I cannot distinctly recollect the ruminations of that moment. I saw confusedly, but forcibly, that every hope was - extinguished with the life of CATHARINE. All happiness and dignity must + extinguished with the life of <em>Catharine</em>. All happiness and dignity must henceforth be banished from the house and name of Wieland: all that remained was to linger out in agonies a short existence; and leave to the world a monument of blasted hopes and changeable fortune. Pleyel was @@ -5848,7 +5853,7 @@ "Dead!" replied I; "what, all?" </p> <p> - "All!" replied he: "he spared NOT ONE!" + "All!" replied he: "he spared <em>not one!</em>" </p> <p> Allow me, my friends, to close my eyes upon the after-scene. Why should I @@ -5869,7 +5874,7 @@ tinge of the morning, and the lustre of heaven. These had vanished with life; but I hoped for liberty to print a last kiss upon her lips. This was denied me; for such had been the merciless blow that destroyed her, that - not a LINEAMENT REMAINED! + not a <em>lineament remained!</em> </p> <p> I was carried hence to the city. Mrs. Hallet was my companion and my @@ -6503,7 +6508,7 @@ </p> <p> "I will not dwell upon my lapse into desperate and outrageous sorrow. The - breath of heaven that sustained me was withdrawn and I sunk into MERE MAN. + breath of heaven that sustained me was withdrawn and I sunk into <em>mere man</em>. I leaped from the floor: I dashed my head against the wall: I uttered screams of horror: I panted after torment and pain. Eternal fire, and the bickerings of hell, compared with what I felt, were music and a bed of @@ -6512,11 +6517,11 @@ <p> "I thank my God that this degeneracy was transient, that he deigned once more to raise me aloft. I thought upon what I had done as a sacrifice to - duty, and WAS CALM. My wife was dead; but I reflected, that though this + duty, and <em>was calm</em>. My wife was dead; but I reflected, that though this source of human consolation was closed, yet others were still open. If the transports of an husband were no more, the feelings of a father had still scope for exercise. When remembrance of their mother should excite too - keen a pang, I would look upon them, and BE COMFORTED. + keen a pang, I would look upon them, and <em>be comforted</em>. </p> <p> "While I revolved these ideas, new warmth flowed in upon my heart—I @@ -6617,7 +6622,7 @@ deliberately surveying a scene of so much horror. I was prompted to return it to its place, but this resolution gave way, and I determined to peruse some part of it. I turned over the leaves till I came near the conclusion. - The narrative of the criminal was finished. The verdict of GUILTY + The narrative of the criminal was finished. The verdict of <em>guilty</em> reluctantly pronounced by the jury, and the accused interrogated why sentence of death should not pass. The answer was brief, solemn, and emphatical. @@ -7223,7 +7228,7 @@ left among my papers a journal of transactions in shorthand. I was employed in this manuscript on that night when Pleyel's incautious curiosity tempted him to look over my shoulder. I was then recording my - adventure in THE RECESS, an imperfect sight of which led him into such + adventure in <em>the recess</em>, an imperfect sight of which led him into such fatal errors. </p> <p> @@ -7253,7 +7258,7 @@ Chapter XXII </h2> <p> - The inhabitants of the HUT received me with a mixture of joy and surprize. + The inhabitants of the <span class="smcp">hut</span> received me with a mixture of joy and surprize. Their homely welcome, and their artless sympathy, were grateful to my feelings. In the midst of their inquiries, as to my health, they avoided all allusions to the source of my malady. They were honest creatures, and @@ -7453,8 +7458,8 @@ <p> "I came to confess the truth. Your allusions are horrible and strange. Perhaps I have but faint conceptions of the evils which my infatuation has - produced; but what remains I will perform. It was my VOICE that you heard! - It was my FACE that you saw!" + produced; but what remains I will perform. It was <em>my voice</em> that you heard! + It was <em>my face</em> that you saw!" </p> <p> For a moment I doubted whether my remembrance of events were not confused. @@ -7553,7 +7558,7 @@ these precincts at night. </p> <p> - "I was never weary of admiring the position and ornaments of THE TEMPLE. + "I was never weary of admiring the position and ornaments of <em>the temple</em>. Many a night have I passed under its roof, revolving no pleasing meditations. When, in my frequent rambles, I perceived this apartment was occupied, I gave a different direction to my steps. One evening, when a @@ -7728,7 +7733,7 @@ were safe. </p> <pre> - * BILOQUIUM, or ventrilocution. Sound is varied according to + * <i>Biloquium</i>, or ventrilocution. Sound is varied according to the variations of direction and distance. The art of the ventriloquist consists in modifying his voice according to all these variations, without changing his place. See the @@ -7758,7 +7763,7 @@ </pre> <pre> **—Peeps through the blanket of the dark, and cries Hold! - Hold!—SHAKESPEARE. + Hold!—<span class="smcp">Shakespeare</span>. </pre> <p> <a id="link2HCH0023"> @@ -7897,8 +7902,8 @@ "Suddenly you receded from the door. This deportment was inexplicable, but the relief it afforded me was quickly gone. You returned, and I once more was thrown into perplexity. The expedient that suggested itself was - precipitate and inartificial. I exerted my organs and called upon you TO - HOLD. + precipitate and inartificial. I exerted my organs and called upon you <em>to + hold</em>. </p> <p> "That you should persist in spite of this admonition, was a subject of @@ -8757,7 +8762,7 @@ but now his might was irresistible, and Wieland in a moment was disarmed of all his purposes. A voice, louder than human organs could produce, shriller than language can depict, burst from the ceiling, and commanded - him—TO HOLD! + him—<em>to hold!</em> </p> <p> Trouble and dismay succeeded to the stedfastness that had lately been @@ -8810,7 +8815,7 @@ perception of truth; weighed to earth by the recollection of his own deeds; consoled no longer by a consciousness of rectitude, for the loss of offspring and wife—a loss for which he was indebted to his own - misguided hand; Wieland was transformed at once into the man OF SORROWS! + misguided hand; Wieland was transformed at once into the <em>man of sorrows!</em> </p> <p> He reflected not that credit should be as reasonably denied to the last, @@ -9053,7 +9058,7 @@ cast among the billows. Sometimes gleams of light were shot into a dark abyss, on the verge of which I was standing, and enabled me to discover, for a moment, its enormous depth and hideous precipices. Anon, I was - transported to some ridge of AEtna, and made a terrified spectator of its + transported to some ridge of Ætna, and made a terrified spectator of its fiery torrents and its pillars of smoke. </p> <p> @@ -9077,7 +9082,7 @@ I was caught up, in an instant, by a pair of sinewy arms, borne to the window, and carried down a ladder which had been placed there. My uncle stood at the bottom and received me. I was not fully aware of my situation - till I found myself sheltered in the HUT, and surrounded by its + till I found myself sheltered in the <em>Hut</em>, and surrounded by its inhabitants. </p> <p> |
