The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... cast a half - comic , half - serious glance upward at the image of the patron saint , ere he replied . " There was more need of the wings of thy lion than of the favour of thy saint . I never come further north for aid than San Gennaro ...
... cast a half - comic , half - serious glance upward at the image of the patron saint , ere he replied . " There was more need of the wings of thy lion than of the favour of thy saint . I never come further north for aid than San Gennaro ...
Sida 19
... , habitually cast on a multitude . It turned , with the same jealous keenness , on the face of the next it encoun- tered , and by the time the steady and well balanced form was lost in the crowd , that quick THE BRAVO . 19.
... , habitually cast on a multitude . It turned , with the same jealous keenness , on the face of the next it encoun- tered , and by the time the steady and well balanced form was lost in the crowd , that quick THE BRAVO . 19.
Sida 25
... casting a glance that was partly humorous , and not without superstition , upwards at the image which crowned the granite column against whose pedestal he still leaned . " A truth which warns us to be prudent , for yonder Jew cast a ...
... casting a glance that was partly humorous , and not without superstition , upwards at the image which crowned the granite column against whose pedestal he still leaned . " A truth which warns us to be prudent , for yonder Jew cast a ...
Sida 38
... concerns , than for any of the usual pleasantries and trifling of men of his cast . A certain Jacopo Frontoni , that hath his abode somewhere near the arsenal ? " " Cospetto ! Signor ' Duca , the man is 38 THE BRAVO .
... concerns , than for any of the usual pleasantries and trifling of men of his cast . A certain Jacopo Frontoni , that hath his abode somewhere near the arsenal ? " " Cospetto ! Signor ' Duca , the man is 38 THE BRAVO .
Sida 64
... cast his eyes about him in quest of the well known feluca of the Calabrian . Though the glory of Venice had departed , the trade of the city was not then at its present low ebb . The port was still crowded with ves- sels from many ...
... cast his eyes about him in quest of the well known feluca of the Calabrian . Though the glory of Venice had departed , the trade of the city was not then at its present low ebb . The port was still crowded with ves- sels from many ...
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66 Signore affair Agata Annina answered Antonio art thou bark beauty Bella Sorrentina beneath betrayed boat Bravo Bridge of Sighs Bucentaur Calabrian canals Carmelite cast companion concealed countenance crowd Dalmatia doge Doge's palace Don Camillo Monforte Donna Florinda Donna Violetta Dost thou Duca duty Eccellenza face father favour feelings feluca fisherman fortune Gino Giudecca glance glided gondolier hand happy hath honour hour interest jacket Jacopo justice known Lagunes less Lido look manner Mark mask master Neapolitan never noble observed padrone palace passed patricians Piazzetta pleasure port prince prize quay regatta republic Rialto San Marco San Teodoro secret seen senate sequins shew shouts signet Signor Gradenigo Signor Roderigo stranger struggle thee thine Thou art Thou hast thou knowest thou sayest thou wilt thou wouldst throng thy errand tion truth uttered Venetian Venice voice waterman young youth
Populära avsnitt
Sida 1 - 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 114 - Antony and Cleopatra. THE silent movement of the hearse-like gondola soon brought the fair Venetian and her female Mentor to the water-gate of the noble, who had been intrusted, by the senate, with the especial guardianship of the person of the heiress. It was a residence of more than common gloom, possessing all the solemn but stately magnificence which then characterized the private dwellings of the patricians in that city of riches and pride.