The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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Sida 14
... uttered concerning any young lady , or of the death of her uncle ! " " Thou wert thinking of thy Tunis - man , and hast forgotten . I must have told thee how near the beautiful signora was to sharing the fate of the gondola , and how ...
... uttered concerning any young lady , or of the death of her uncle ! " " Thou wert thinking of thy Tunis - man , and hast forgotten . I must have told thee how near the beautiful signora was to sharing the fate of the gondola , and how ...
Sida 35
... , now glancing beneath a low bridge , and now uttering , in the sweet shrill tones of the country and their craft , the well- known warning to those who were darting in an opposite direction . A back stroke of Gino's oar , THE BRAVO . 35.
... , now glancing beneath a low bridge , and now uttering , in the sweet shrill tones of the country and their craft , the well- known warning to those who were darting in an opposite direction . A back stroke of Gino's oar , THE BRAVO . 35.
Sida 78
... uttered when Gino found himself standing in the middle of the court alone . The masked stranger had passed swiftly on , and was at the bottom of the Giant's Stairs , ere the gondolier had time for reflection . He ascended with a light ...
... uttered when Gino found himself standing in the middle of the court alone . The masked stranger had passed swiftly on , and was at the bottom of the Giant's Stairs , ere the gondolier had time for reflection . He ascended with a light ...
Sida 80
... uttered the half - dis- tracted gondolier to one , who , having first examined his person with distrust , evidently betrayed a wish to avoid him ; " if thou hast sufficiently pleased thy finger with my master's signet , the occasion ...
... uttered the half - dis- tracted gondolier to one , who , having first examined his person with distrust , evidently betrayed a wish to avoid him ; " if thou hast sufficiently pleased thy finger with my master's signet , the occasion ...
Sida 81
... uttered in levity , warn him of his mistake . He penetrated to the very head of the piazza , and , returning by the opposite side , he found his way through the throng of the porticoes , looking into every coffee - house , and examining ...
... uttered in levity , warn him of his mistake . He penetrated to the very head of the piazza , and , returning by the opposite side , he found his way through the throng of the porticoes , looking into every coffee - house , and examining ...
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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.