Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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... thou art in good season to witness the regatta which will be given by the state , itself , to - morrow . " " Hast thou an oar for that race ? " 66 Giorgio's , or mine , under the patronage of San Teodoro . The prize will be a silver ...
... thou art in good season to witness the regatta which will be given by the state , itself , to - morrow . " " Hast thou an oar for that race ? " 66 Giorgio's , or mine , under the patronage of San Teodoro . The prize will be a silver ...
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... Thou art well enough to row a gondola in the canals , Gino , or to follow thy master to his Calabrian castle ; but if thou would'st know what passes in the wide world , thou must be content to listen to mariners of the long course . The ...
... Thou art well enough to row a gondola in the canals , Gino , or to follow thy master to his Calabrian castle ; but if thou would'st know what passes in the wide world , thou must be content to listen to mariners of the long course . The ...
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James Fenimore Cooper. " A man , Signor ' Don Camillo ! " " Art thou mocking thy master , Gino ? I have asked thee if thou art acquainted with the person of a certain Jacopo Frontoni ; a dweller here in Venice ? " " Eccellenza , yes ...
James Fenimore Cooper. " A man , Signor ' Don Camillo ! " " Art thou mocking thy master , Gino ? I have asked thee if thou art acquainted with the person of a certain Jacopo Frontoni ; a dweller here in Venice ? " " Eccellenza , yes ...
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... 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 trained from boyhood in this occupation of a gon- dolier , thou art properly a being ...
... 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 trained from boyhood in this occupation of a gon- dolier , thou art properly a being ...
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... thee for the hint , Gino . Go thou and sleep in thy gondola , and bid Giorgio come into my cabinet . " " Signore ! " " Art thou resolute to do none of my biddings ? " " Is it your eccellenza's pleasure that I go to the Bridge of Sighs ...
... thee for the hint , Gino . Go thou and sleep in thy gondola , and bid Giorgio come into my cabinet . " " Signore ! " " Art thou resolute to do none of my biddings ? " " Is it your eccellenza's pleasure that I go to the Bridge of Sighs ...
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66 Signore Agata Annina answered Antonio art thou beneath blessed boat Bravo Bridge of Sighs Bucentaur Calabrian canals canst Carlo Carmelite companion concealed council countenance daughter doge Doge of Venice doge's palace Don Camillo Monforte Donna Florinda Donna Violetta door Dost thou duty eccellenza entered errand exclaimed Father Anselmo favor fear feelings felucca fisherman Frontoni galleys Gelsomina Gino girl glance gondola hand happy Hast thou hath heard heart holy honor hope hour illustrious interest Jacopo justice lady Lagunes Lido look manner Mark mask master mayest monk Neapolitan noble palace passed patricians Piazzetta pleasure prayers prince prison quay regatta republic returned Rialto Roderigo San Teodoro scarce secret senate Signor Gradenigo Signor Soranzo speak Stefano stranger thee thine Thou art thou hast Thou knowest thou wilt thou would'st Tiepolo tion truth Venetian Venice voice wish young youth
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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...