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Page viii
... Venice would have been obnoxious to this proof , the reader is left to judge for himself . THE BRAVO . CHAPTER I. " I stood in Venice viii PREFACE.
... Venice would have been obnoxious to this proof , the reader is left to judge for himself . THE BRAVO . CHAPTER I. " I stood in Venice viii PREFACE.
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... Venice sate in state , throned on her hundred isles . " BYRON . THE sun had disappeared behind the summits of the Tyrolean Alps , and the moon was already risen above the low barrier of the Lido . Hundreds of pedestrians were pouring ...
... Venice sate in state , throned on her hundred isles . " BYRON . THE sun had disappeared behind the summits of the Tyrolean Alps , and the moon was already risen above the low barrier of the Lido . Hundreds of pedestrians were pouring ...
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... Venice which he , who would eat his maccaroni in peace , would do well to forget . Let thy errand in port be what it may , thou art in good season to witness the regatta which will be given by the state , itself , to - morrow . " " Hast ...
... Venice which he , who would eat his maccaroni in peace , would do well to forget . Let thy errand in port be what it may , thou art in good season to witness the regatta which will be given by the state , itself , to - morrow . " " Hast ...
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... 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 . " " There are many of the name of ...
... 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 . " " There are many of the name of ...
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... Venice stands on a cluster of low , sandy islands . It is probable that the country which lies nearest to the gulf , if not the whole of the im- mense plain of Lombardy itself , is of alluvial forma- tion . Whatever may have been the ...
... Venice stands on a cluster of low , sandy islands . It is probable that the country which lies nearest to the gulf , if not the whole of the im- mense plain of Lombardy itself , is of alluvial forma- tion . Whatever may have been the ...
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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...