Mysteries of Udolpho.

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MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO,

ROMANCE;

INTERSPERSED WITH SOME PIECES OF POETRY.

BY

ANN RADCLIFFE,

AUTHOR OF THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER-PLATES.

THE FOURTH EDITION.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

Fate fits on thefe dark battlements, and frowns,
And, as the portals open to receive me,

Her voice, in fullen echoes through the courts,
Tells of a nimeless deed.

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Of love, of joy, of peace and plenty, where,
Supporting and fupported, polish'd friends
And dear relations mingle into blifs."

THOMSON.

ON 'N the pleasant banks of the Garonne, in the province of Gascony, stood, in the year 1584, the chateau of Monfieur St. Aubert. From its windows were feen the pastoral landscapes of Guienne and Gascony ftretching along the river, gay with luxuriant woods and vines, and plantations of olives. To the fouth, the view was bounded by the majestic Pyrenées, whofe fummits, veiled in clouds, or exhibiting

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