The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 42
Sida ii
... known work of M. Daru . A history of the progress of political liberty , written purely in the interests of humanity , is still a desideratum in literature . In nations which have made a false commencement , it would be found that the ...
... known work of M. Daru . A history of the progress of political liberty , written purely in the interests of humanity , is still a desideratum in literature . In nations which have made a false commencement , it would be found that the ...
Sida 6
... known , had poured along the quay into the piazetta , on their way to the principal square , while this individual had scarce turned a glance aside , or changed a limb in weariness . His attitude was that of patient , practised and ...
... known , had poured along the quay into the piazetta , on their way to the principal square , while this individual had scarce turned a glance aside , or changed a limb in weariness . His attitude was that of patient , practised and ...
Sida 8
... known the dif- ference between chasing the feluca and catch- ing her . " " Kneel down , and thank San Teodoro for his care . There was much praying on thy decks that hour , caro Stefano , though none is bolder among the mountains of ...
... known the dif- ference between chasing the feluca and catch- ing her . " " Kneel down , and thank San Teodoro for his care . There was much praying on thy decks that hour , caro Stefano , though none is bolder among the mountains of ...
Sida 24
... known thee , good Gino , forget San Teo- doro , and bawl as lustily to San Gennaro , when at Naples , as if thou really fancied thyself in danger from the mountain . " " One must speak to those at hand , in 24 THE BRAVO .
... known thee , good Gino , forget San Teo- doro , and bawl as lustily to San Gennaro , when at Naples , as if thou really fancied thyself in danger from the mountain . " " One must speak to those at hand , in 24 THE BRAVO .
Sida 34
... known , except in the dwellings of princes . Colonnades , medal- lions , and massive cornices , overhung the canal , as if the art of man had taken pride in loading the superstructure in a manner . to mock the unstable element which ...
... known , except in the dwellings of princes . Colonnades , medal- lions , and massive cornices , overhung the canal , as if the art of man had taken pride in loading the superstructure in a manner . to mock the unstable element which ...
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.