The Mysteries of Udolpho Quotes

He was a descendant from the younger branch of an illustrious family […] (1.1.3)

"Well!" resumed Madame Cheron, "you have not given me the promise, though, that I demand." (1.12.33)

St. Aubert thought it was probably kindled by some of the numerous banditti […] and he became watchful and anxious to know whether the road passed by the fire. (1.6.15)

"[…] there is a period when all reasoning must yield to nature; that is past: and another, when excessive indulgence, having sunk into habit, weighs down the elasticity of the spirits so as to re...

In person, Emily resembled her mother, having the same elegant symmetry of form, the same delicacy of features, the same blue eyes, full of tender sweetness. (1.1.13)

"Good God!" exclaimed St. Aubert, "you surely will not destroy that noble chestnut, which has flourished for centuries, the glory of the estate!" (1.1.13)

Alas! Madame St. Aubert knew not that she left it forever. (1.1.26)

"Our notions are somewhat enlarged since those days," said M. Quesnel; "What was then thought a decent style of living would not now be endured." (1.1.36)

As she drew near the fishing-house, she was surprised to hear the tones of an instrument, which were awakened by the hand of taste, and uttered a plaintive air, whose exquisite melody engaged all h...

"How then are we to look for love in great cities, where selfishness, dissipation, and insincerity supply the place of tenderness, simplicity and truth?" (1.5.3)