Cooper's Novels, Volym 20Stringer and Townsend, 1852 |
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... tion in Switzerland , the essence of European liberty , even at this hour . It is scarcely necessary to tell the reader that this freedom , be it more or less , depends on a principle entirely different from our own . Here the ...
... tion in Switzerland , the essence of European liberty , even at this hour . It is scarcely necessary to tell the reader that this freedom , be it more or less , depends on a principle entirely different from our own . Here the ...
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... tion of strength . His step was firm , assured , and even ; his carriage erect and easy , and his whole mien was strongly characterized by a self - posses- sion that could scarcely escape observation . And yet his attire was that of an ...
... tion of strength . His step was firm , assured , and even ; his carriage erect and easy , and his whole mien was strongly characterized by a self - posses- sion that could scarcely escape observation . And yet his attire was that of an ...
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... tion . At length the boat arrived opposite to a build- ing , which seemed to excite more than common ex- pectation . Giorgio worked his oar with a single hand , looking over his shoulder at Gino , and Gino permitted his blade fairly to ...
... tion . At length the boat arrived opposite to a build- ing , which seemed to excite more than common ex- pectation . Giorgio worked his oar with a single hand , looking over his shoulder at Gino , and Gino permitted his blade fairly to ...
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... tion . Whatever may have been the origin of that wide and fertile kingdom , the causes which have given to the Lagunes their existence , and to Venice its unique and picturesque foundation , are too appa- rent to be mistaken . Several ...
... tion . Whatever may have been the origin of that wide and fertile kingdom , the causes which have given to the Lagunes their existence , and to Venice its unique and picturesque foundation , are too appa- rent to be mistaken . Several ...
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... tion of a gondolier's anger ? " 66 Well , the matter is likely to come to a conclu- sion this night ; my master is about to do , as I fear , a very foolish thing ! " 66 He will be married ? " " Or worse ; —I am sent , in all haste and ...
... tion of a gondolier's anger ? " 66 Well , the matter is likely to come to a conclu- sion this night ; my master is about to do , as I fear , a very foolish thing ! " 66 He will be married ? " " Or worse ; —I am sent , in all haste and ...
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66 Signore Agata Annina answered Antonio art thou beneath blessed boat Bravo Bridge of Sighs Bucentaur Calabrian canals canst Cardinal Secretary 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 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 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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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