The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... favour of thy saint . I never come further north for aid than San Gennaro , even when it blows a hurricane . " " So much the worse for thee , caro , since the good bishop is better at stopping the lava than at quieting the winds . But ...
... favour of thy saint . I never come further north for aid than San Gennaro , even when it blows a hurricane . " " So much the worse for thee , caro , since the good bishop is better at stopping the lava than at quieting the winds . But ...
Sida 36
... the courts of houses built on more solid ground . " He who would find favour with Jupiter , must put his own shoulder to the wheel , thou knowest , my friend . " The eye of Gino brightened , and he was voluble 36 THE BRAVO .
... the courts of houses built on more solid ground . " He who would find favour with Jupiter , must put his own shoulder to the wheel , thou knowest , my friend . " The eye of Gino brightened , and he was voluble 36 THE BRAVO .
Sida 63
... favour of the wine - seller's daughter . But the artful girl , in catering to his palate with a liquor that was scarcely less celebrated among people of his class for its strength than its flavour , had caused a momen- tary THE BRAVO ...
... favour of the wine - seller's daughter . But the artful girl , in catering to his palate with a liquor that was scarcely less celebrated among people of his class for its strength than its flavour , had caused a momen- tary THE BRAVO ...
Sida 103
... favour may be extended , without the apprehension of creating an influence here , in the centre of the canals , which ought not to be given to a stranger . Don Camillo Monforte , the cavalier to whom thou art indebted for thy life , and ...
... favour may be extended , without the apprehension of creating an influence here , in the centre of the canals , which ought not to be given to a stranger . Don Camillo Monforte , the cavalier to whom thou art indebted for thy life , and ...
Sida 105
... favoured a family that had well served the state , took these estates , while the elder transmitted the senatorial rank and the Venetian fortunes to his posterity . Time hath extin- guished the elder branch ; and Don Camillo hath for ...
... favoured a family that had well served the state , took these estates , while the elder transmitted the senatorial rank and the Venetian fortunes to his posterity . Time hath extin- guished the elder branch ; and Don Camillo hath for ...
Vanliga ord och fraser
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.