Cooper's Novels, Volym 20Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... councils of the civilized world , and her commerce , though waning , was yet sufficient to uphold the vast possessions of those families , whose ancestors had become rich in the day of her prosperity . Men lived among her islands in ...
... councils of the civilized world , and her commerce , though waning , was yet sufficient to uphold the vast possessions of those families , whose ancestors had become rich in the day of her prosperity . Men lived among her islands in ...
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... council of three hundred . " " Just the difference between smooth water and rough - you ruffle the surface of a canal with a lazy oar , while I run the channel of Piombino in a mist- ral , shoot the Faro of Messina in a white squall ...
... council of three hundred . " " Just the difference between smooth water and rough - you ruffle the surface of a canal with a lazy oar , while I run the channel of Piombino in a mist- ral , shoot the Faro of Messina in a white squall ...
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... Council of Three should take it into their heads to loosen the tongue of yonder man in that rude manner . " " But they say , Gino , that thy Council of Three has a fashion of feeding the fishes of the Lagunes , which might throw the ...
... Council of Three should take it into their heads to loosen the tongue of yonder man in that rude manner . " " But they say , Gino , that thy Council of Three has a fashion of feeding the fishes of the Lagunes , which might throw the ...
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... 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 softener of fears . My own opinion of the speed of the felucca ...
... 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 softener of fears . My own opinion of the speed of the felucca ...
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... Council of Ten ! " " There is indiscretion , and I lament to say , im- piety in thy words . Our duty bids us submit to earthly laws , and more than duty , reverence teaches us not to repine at the will of Providence . But I do not see ...
... Council of Ten ! " " There is indiscretion , and I lament to say , im- piety in thy words . Our duty bids us submit to earthly laws , and more than duty , reverence teaches us not to repine at the will of Providence . But I do not see ...
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Annina answered Antonio appeared asked believe beneath better boat body Bravo called canals Carmelite caused character child common companion concealed continued council countenance daughter doge Don Camillo Donna door duty entered face father favor fear feelings fisherman followed Gelsomina Gino girl give glance gondola hand happy hath head heard heart honor hope hour interest Italy Jacopo justice known lady Lagunes less Lido light look manner Mark master means mind monk moved movement nature never noble observed palace passed person pleasure poor prayers presence prince prison quitted reason republic returned secret seemed seen senate side Signore speak thee Thou art thou hast thought Three tion true truth turned usual Venice Violetta voice wilt wish young youth
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Sida 9 - 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 Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles...
Sida 157 - 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...
Sida 111 - He who observes it, ere he passes on, Gazes his fill, and comes and comes again, That he may call it up, when far away. She sits, inclining forward as to speak, Her lips half-open, and her finger up, As though she said