Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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... Jacopo Frontoni ; a dweller here in Venice ? " " Eccellenza , yes . " " He I mean has been long remarked by the mis- fortunes of his family , the father being now in exile on the Dalmatian coast , or elsewhere . " " Eccellenza , yes ...
... Jacopo Frontoni ; a dweller here in Venice ? " " Eccellenza , yes . " " He I mean has been long remarked by the mis- fortunes of his family , the father being now in exile on the Dalmatian coast , or elsewhere . " " Eccellenza , yes ...
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... Jacopo Frontoni , among the meadows . " " Thou hast little relish for this duty ; but thou must know that what the master commands , it is the duty of a faithful follower to perform . Thou wert born my vassal , Gino Monaldi , and though ...
... Jacopo Frontoni , among the meadows . " " Thou hast little relish for this duty ; but thou must know that what the master commands , it is the duty of a faithful follower to perform . Thou wert born my vassal , Gino Monaldi , and though ...
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... Jacopo , my duty commands me to deliver it to thee . " The packet was received calmly , though the or- gan which glanced at its seal and its superscription , gleamed with an expression which the credulous gondolier fancied to resemble ...
... Jacopo , my duty commands me to deliver it to thee . " The packet was received calmly , though the or- gan which glanced at its seal and its superscription , gleamed with an expression which the credulous gondolier fancied to resemble ...
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... Jacopo , sternly . " Here is none but the lion and the saint above our heads to listen . " " Just San Marco ! who can tell what ear is open or what ear is shut in Venice ? If you please , Sig- nor Frontoni , we will postpone the ...
... Jacopo , sternly . " Here is none but the lion and the saint above our heads to listen . " " Just San Marco ! who can tell what ear is open or what ear is shut in Venice ? If you please , Sig- nor Frontoni , we will postpone the ...
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... Jacopo , that a man of you sagacity has not remembered that a packet to be delivered to himself , should bear his own name . ” The Bravo took the paper , and held the super scription again to the light . " That is not so . Though ...
... Jacopo , that a man of you sagacity has not remembered that a packet to be delivered to himself , should bear his own name . ” The Bravo took the paper , and held the super scription again to the light . " That is not so . Though ...
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Page viii - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land...
Page 393 - PRISONER OF CHILLON. MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare...
Page 405 - LET us lift up the curtain, and observe What passes in that chamber. Now a sigh, And now a groan is heard. Then all is still. Twenty are sitting as in judgment there ; Men who have served their country, and grown...