"Paulo, meanwhile, mute and grave, was watchful of all that passed; he observed the revolutions in his master's mind, with grief first, and then with surprize, but he could not imitate the noble fortitude, which now gave weight and steadiness to Vivaldi's thought."
The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance
At least 7 entries in the ESTC (1797)<br>
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Radcliffe, Ann. <u>The Italian</u>, ed. Robert Miles (New York: Penguin, 2000). &lt;Google Books: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=vi4JAAAAQAAJ">vol. I</a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=cBkGAAAAQAAJ">vol. II</a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=5RkGAAAAQAAJ">vol. III</a>&gt;