The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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Sida 37
... present , thou mayest give some proof of zeal in my service , in another manner . Is the face of a man called Jacopo Frontoni known to thee ? " " Eccellenza ! " exclaimed the gondolier , gasp- ing for breath . " I ask thee if thou ...
... present , thou mayest give some proof of zeal in my service , in another manner . Is the face of a man called Jacopo Frontoni known to thee ? " " Eccellenza ! " exclaimed the gondolier , gasp- ing for breath . " I ask thee if thou ...
Sida 60
... would pass a cask of the red lachrymæ christi through the Broglio itself , and not a noble of them all should see it . The man is here at present , and , if thou wilt , he shall not be long without coming into 60 THE BRAVO .
... would pass a cask of the red lachrymæ christi through the Broglio itself , and not a noble of them all should see it . The man is here at present , and , if thou wilt , he shall not be long without coming into 60 THE BRAVO .
Sida 64
... present low ebb . The port was still crowded with ves- sels from many distant havens , and the flags of most of the maritime states of Europe were seen , at intervals , within the barrier of the Lido . The moon was now sufficiently high ...
... present low ebb . The port was still crowded with ves- sels from many distant havens , and the flags of most of the maritime states of Europe were seen , at intervals , within the barrier of the Lido . The moon was now sufficiently high ...
Sida 77
... he claims in Ve- nice . Am I right in supposing my errand with you ? " " " Thou hast found one whose present business has no other object than Don Camillo Mon- forte . But thy errand was not solely to exhibit THE BRAVO . 77.
... he claims in Ve- nice . Am I right in supposing my errand with you ? " " " Thou hast found one whose present business has no other object than Don Camillo Mon- forte . But thy errand was not solely to exhibit THE BRAVO . 77.
Sida 107
... present life , he trusts to a vain hope who thinks the magnitude of the offence will ever be its apology . The chief security of our nature is to remove it beyond temptation , and he is safest from the allurements of the world , who is ...
... present life , he trusts to a vain hope who thinks the magnitude of the offence will ever be its apology . The chief security of our nature is to remove it beyond temptation , and he is safest from the allurements of the world , who is ...
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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.