Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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... galleys ; dames of the city , and females of lighter manners ; jewellers of the Rialto , and traders from the Levant ; Jew , Turk , and Christian ; traveller , adventurer , podestà , valet , avvocato and gondolier , held their way alike ...
... galleys ; dames of the city , and females of lighter manners ; jewellers of the Rialto , and traders from the Levant ; Jew , Turk , and Christian ; traveller , adventurer , podestà , valet , avvocato and gondolier , held their way alike ...
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... galley , if it were only for the cause of Christian honor ! The mis- creant hung upon my quarter for the better part of three glasses ; so near , that I could tell which of the knaves wore dirty cloth in his turban , and which clean ...
... galley , if it were only for the cause of Christian honor ! The mis- creant hung upon my quarter for the better part of three glasses ; so near , that I could tell which of the knaves wore dirty cloth in his turban , and which clean ...
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... galley of state ? " " Who has been upon the Lido , the month past , without hearing the tale repeated , with every varia- tion of a gondolier's anger ? " " Well , the matter is likely to come to a conclu- sion this night ; my master is ...
... galley of state ? " " Who has been upon the Lido , the month past , without hearing the tale repeated , with every varia- tion of a gondolier's anger ? " " Well , the matter is likely to come to a conclu- sion this night ; my master is ...
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... galleys . They have seized the lad in his fourteenth year , and con- demned him to the wars with the Infidels , without thought of his tender years , without thought of evil example , without thought of my age and loneliness , and ...
... galleys . They have seized the lad in his fourteenth year , and con- demned him to the wars with the Infidels , without thought of his tender years , without thought of evil example , without thought of my age and loneliness , and ...
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... galleys , thou askest that which , at a moment so critical , could not be yielded to the son of the doge , were the doge- " " A fisherman , " continued Antonio , observing that he hesitated- " Signore , adieu ; I would not part in anger ...
... galleys , thou askest that which , at a moment so critical , could not be yielded to the son of the doge , were the doge- " " A fisherman , " continued Antonio , observing that he hesitated- " Signore , adieu ; I would not part in anger ...
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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...