The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volym 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... thee to denounce the place . " The Calabrian laid a finger on one cheek , and drew the skin down , in a manner to give a droll expression to his dark , comic eye , while the whole of his really fine Grecian face was charged THE BRAVO . 15.
... thee to denounce the place . " The Calabrian laid a finger on one cheek , and drew the skin down , in a manner to give a droll expression to his dark , comic eye , while the whole of his really fine Grecian face was charged THE BRAVO . 15.
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A Venetian Story James Fenimore Cooper. the whole of his really fine Grecian face was charged with an expression of coarse humour . " Look you , Gino - thy master sometimes calls for his gondola between sunset and morn- ing ? " " An owl ...
A Venetian Story James Fenimore Cooper. the whole of his really fine Grecian face was charged with an expression of coarse humour . " Look you , Gino - thy master sometimes calls for his gondola between sunset and morn- ing ? " " An owl ...
Sida 17
... enough to cook my maccaroni , and which sets the whole sea boiling worse than the caul- drons of Scylla . " " Hist ! " eagerly interrupted the gondolier , who had indulged , with Italian humour , in the THE BRAVO . 17.
... enough to cook my maccaroni , and which sets the whole sea boiling worse than the caul- drons of Scylla . " " Hist ! " eagerly interrupted the gondolier , who had indulged , with Italian humour , in the THE BRAVO . 17.
Sida 18
... carriage erect and easy , and his whole mien was strongly charac- terized by a self - possession that could scarcely escape observation . And yet his attire was that of an inferior class . A doublet of common velvet 18 THE BRAVO .
... carriage erect and easy , and his whole mien was strongly charac- terized by a self - possession that could scarcely escape observation . And yet his attire was that of an inferior class . A doublet of common velvet 18 THE BRAVO .
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... whole of the immense plain of Lombardy itself , is of alluvial formation . Whatever may have been the origin of that wide and fertile kingdom , the causes which have given to the Lagunes their existence , and to Venice its unique and ...
... whole of the immense plain of Lombardy itself , is of alluvial formation . Whatever may have been the origin of that wide and fertile kingdom , the causes which have given to the Lagunes their existence , and to Venice its unique and ...
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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.