The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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Sida 15
... place . " The Calabrian laid a finger on one cheek , and drew the skin down , in a manner to give a droll expression to his dark , comic eye , while the whole of his really fine Grecian face was charged THE BRAVO . 15.
... place . " The Calabrian laid a finger on one cheek , and drew the skin down , in a manner to give a droll expression to his dark , comic eye , while the whole of his really fine Grecian face was charged THE BRAVO . 15.
Sida 16
... expression of coarse humour . " Look you , Gino - thy master sometimes calls for his gondola between sunset and morn- ing ? " " An owl is not more wakeful than he has been of late . This head of mine has not been on a pillow before the ...
... expression of coarse humour . " Look you , Gino - thy master sometimes calls for his gondola between sunset and morn- ing ? " " An owl is not more wakeful than he has been of late . This head of mine has not been on a pillow before the ...
Sida 37
... expression of thanks . They had ascended to the first floor , and were already deep in a suite of gloomy apartments , before the gratitude and professional pride of the gondolier were exhausted . " Aided by a powerful arm and a fleet ...
... expression of thanks . They had ascended to the first floor , and were already deep in a suite of gloomy apartments , before the gratitude and professional pride of the gondolier were exhausted . " Aided by a powerful arm and a fleet ...
Sida 86
... , the packet may be returned . " " There are few within the dominions of St. Mark of better lineage , or of fairer hopes , than the Duke of Sant ' Agata . " The cold expression of the Bravo's counte- nance changed . 86 THE BRAVO .
... , the packet may be returned . " " There are few within the dominions of St. Mark of better lineage , or of fairer hopes , than the Duke of Sant ' Agata . " The cold expression of the Bravo's counte- nance changed . 86 THE BRAVO .
Sida 87
... expression which the credulous gondolier fancied to resemble that of the tiger at the sight of blood . " Thou saidst something of a ring . Dost thou bear thy master's signet ? I am much accustomed to see pledges , ere I give faith ...
... expression which the credulous gondolier fancied to resemble that of the tiger at the sight of blood . " Thou saidst something of a ring . Dost thou bear thy master's signet ? I am much accustomed to see pledges , ere I give faith ...
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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.