The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... persons of the gondolier and his companion , but the look , though searching , was entirely without interest . ' Twas the wan- dering but wary glance , which men , who have much reason for distrust , habitually cast on a multitude . It ...
... persons of the gondolier and his companion , but the look , though searching , was entirely without interest . ' Twas the wan- dering but wary glance , which men , who have much reason for distrust , habitually cast on a multitude . It ...
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... ? " " His countenance , Signore ! " " By what else wouldst thou distinguish a man ? " " A man , Signor ' Don Camillo ! " " Art thou mocking thy master , Gino ! I have asked thee if thou art acquainted with the person THE BRAVO . 37.
... ? " " His countenance , Signore ! " " By what else wouldst thou distinguish a man ? " " A man , Signor ' Don Camillo ! " " Art thou mocking thy master , Gino ! I have asked thee if thou art acquainted with the person THE BRAVO . 37.
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... person of a certain Jacopo Frontoni ; a dweller here in Venice ? " " Eccellenza , yes . " " He I mean has been long remarked by the misfortunes of his family , the father being now in exile on the Dalmatian coast , or elsewhere ...
... person of a certain Jacopo Frontoni ; a dweller here in Venice ? " " Eccellenza , yes . " " He I mean has been long remarked by the misfortunes of his family , the father being now in exile on the Dalmatian coast , or elsewhere ...
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... person of him I have named , our affair is simple . Take this packet , ” he continued , placing a sealed letter of more than usual size into the hand of the gondolier , and drawing from his finger a signet ring , " with this token of ...
... person of him I have named , our affair is simple . Take this packet , ” he continued , placing a sealed letter of more than usual size into the hand of the gondolier , and drawing from his finger a signet ring , " with this token of ...
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... has done for you in the way of features , that I , who am to make the confidence , be sure it be to the right person . " " This is well , and gives assurance of thy prudence . I may not unmask , however ; and 76 THE BRAVO .
... has done for you in the way of features , that I , who am to make the confidence , be sure it be to the right person . " " This is well , and gives assurance of thy prudence . I may not unmask , however ; and 76 THE BRAVO .
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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.