Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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... speak , the words flowing from him in the soft accents of his native islands . " Is it thou , Stefano ! They said thou hadst fallen into the gripe of the devils of Barbary , and that thou wast planting flowers for an infidel with thy ...
... speak , the words flowing from him in the soft accents of his native islands . " Is it thou , Stefano ! They said thou hadst fallen into the gripe of the devils of Barbary , and that thou wast planting flowers for an infidel with thy ...
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... speak more reverently of the horned bonnet , and of the Council of Three , his pretensions to succeed to the rights of his forefathers might seem juster in the eyes of his judges . But distance is a great mellower of colors , and ...
... speak more reverently of the horned bonnet , and of the Council of Three , his pretensions to succeed to the rights of his forefathers might seem juster in the eyes of his judges . But distance is a great mellower of colors , and ...
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... canal , " Thou hast an ambition , Gino , to show thy skill in the regatta ? " Don Camillo observed , when they had made a little progress . " The motive merits success . Thou wast speaking to a stranger , wher THE BRAVO . 23.
... canal , " Thou hast an ambition , Gino , to show thy skill in the regatta ? " Don Camillo observed , when they had made a little progress . " The motive merits success . Thou wast speaking to a stranger , wher THE BRAVO . 23.
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James Fenimore Cooper. success . Thou wast speaking to a stranger , wher I summoned thee to the gondola ? " " I was asking the news of our Calabrian hills from one who has come into port with his felucca , though the man took the name of ...
James Fenimore Cooper. success . Thou wast speaking to a stranger , wher I summoned thee to the gondola ? " " I was asking the news of our Calabrian hills from one who has come into port with his felucca , though the man took the name of ...
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... speak- ing with the miscreant ! So lately as yesterday , I heard Annina , the pretty daughter of the old wine- seller on the Lido , declare , that to be seen once in company with Jacopo Frontoni was as bad as to be caught twice bringing ...
... speak- ing with the miscreant ! So lately as yesterday , I heard Annina , the pretty daughter of the old wine- seller on the Lido , declare , that to be seen once in company with Jacopo Frontoni was as bad as to be caught twice bringing ...
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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...