Works, Volume 2J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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... young noble drowned , nor any Jew hanged ? " 66 Nothing of that much interest - except the calamity which befell Pietro . Thou rememberest Pietrillo ? he who crossed into Dalmatia with thee once , as a supernumerary , the time he was ...
... young noble drowned , nor any Jew hanged ? " 66 Nothing of that much interest - except the calamity which befell Pietro . Thou rememberest Pietrillo ? he who crossed into Dalmatia with thee once , as a supernumerary , the time he was ...
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... young duca going to the Redentore , too , to say his prayers ? " " He was coming back after having - but what matters it in what canal a young noble sighs away the night ! We happened to be near when the An- cona - man performed his ...
... young duca going to the Redentore , too , to say his prayers ? " " He was coming back after having - but what matters it in what canal a young noble sighs away the night ! We happened to be near when the An- cona - man performed his ...
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James Fenimore Cooper. tered concerning any young lady , or of the death of her uncle ! " " Thou wert thinking of thy Tunis - man , and hast forgotten . I must have told thee how near the beautiful signora was to sharing the fate of the ...
James Fenimore Cooper. tered concerning any young lady , or of the death of her uncle ! " " Thou wert thinking of thy Tunis - man , and hast forgotten . I must have told thee how near the beautiful signora was to sharing the fate of the ...
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... young days . " " Don Camillo has t ' e reputation of talking boldly of the foundation of this city of piles , when he has the roof of old Sant ' Agata safely over his head . Were he to speak more reverently of the horned bonnet , and of ...
... young days . " " Don Camillo has t ' e reputation of talking boldly of the foundation of this city of piles , when he has the roof of old Sant ' Agata safely over his head . Were he to speak more reverently of the horned bonnet , and of ...
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... young noble stood , in a musing attitude , until his dexterous servi- tors had extricated the boat from the little fleet which crowded the quay , and had urged it into open water . This duty performed , Gino touched his scarlet cap ...
... young noble stood , in a musing attitude , until his dexterous servi- tors had extricated the boat from the little fleet which crowded the quay , and had urged it into open water . This duty performed , Gino touched his scarlet cap ...
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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...