The Bravo: A Venetian Story, Volumen 2H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... fear ? " " Thou mayest have spoken , fisherman , too boldly . Temper thy language , for the great love not words of disrespect . " " Is truth unpleasant to them ? " " That as may be . They love to hear their own acts praised , when ...
... fear ? " " Thou mayest have spoken , fisherman , too boldly . Temper thy language , for the great love not words of disrespect . " " Is truth unpleasant to them ? " " That as may be . They love to hear their own acts praised , when ...
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... fear I am too old to say that a son may righteously be torn from the father by violence . Tell them , thou , from me , that I came thus far , in order to do them respect , but , that seeing the hopeless- ness of beseeching further , I ...
... fear I am too old to say that a son may righteously be torn from the father by violence . Tell them , thou , from me , that I came thus far , in order to do them respect , but , that seeing the hopeless- ness of beseeching further , I ...
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... fears not the truth ! If he has more to say , let him declare it . ' وو But the excited Antonio began to reflect . The flush which had ascended to his weather- beaten cheek disappeared , and his naked breast ceased to heave . He stood ...
... fears not the truth ! If he has more to say , let him declare it . ' وو But the excited Antonio began to reflect . The flush which had ascended to his weather- beaten cheek disappeared , and his naked breast ceased to heave . He stood ...
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... fear is strengthened by our in- creasing weakness . I sicken , Signori , of my esteem for men , as I dive deeper into their tem- pers and desires , and often wish myself a dog , as I study their propensities . In his appetite for power ...
... fear is strengthened by our in- creasing weakness . I sicken , Signori , of my esteem for men , as I dive deeper into their tem- pers and desires , and often wish myself a dog , as I study their propensities . In his appetite for power ...
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... fear to hazard the experiment ; gold is a key to unlock the strongest cell ; be- sides , we cannot with due observance of pro- priety place a child of the state in durance . ” 66 Signor Gradenigo , we have had this matter under long and ...
... fear to hazard the experiment ; gold is a key to unlock the strongest cell ; be- sides , we cannot with due observance of pro- priety place a child of the state in durance . ” 66 Signor Gradenigo , we have had this matter under long and ...
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66 Signore Adriatic Agata Annina answered Antonio art thou beneath boat Bravo Calabria canals canst Carlo Carmelite child companion conceal Council of Three countenance Dalmatia distrust doge Doges of Venice Don Camillo Monforte Donna Florinda Donna Violetta door Dost thou duty ears eccellenza entered exclaimed favour fear feel feluca fisherman gallies Gelsomina Gessina Gino girl glance gondola grave habits hand happy Hast thou hath heart holy honour hope Hosea hour illustrious senator Jacopo justice lady Lagunes Lido listen look manner Mark mask matter ment monk never noble palace patricians pause person pescator pleasure poor prayers prison rapier regatta republic San Teodoro secret seen shew Signor Gradenigo speak spoke thee thine Thou art thou hast Thou knowest Thou mayest thou wilt thought thyself Tiepolo tion trust truth turned Venice voice wert wouldst young youth
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Página 270 - But let us to the roof, And, when thou hast surveyed the sea, the land, Visit the narrow cells that cluster there, As in a place of tombs. St. Mark's Place. WE shall not attempt to thread the
Página 90 - Then, methought, A serenade broke silence, breathing hope Through walls of stone." Italy. NOTWITHSTANDING the lateness of the hour, the melody of music was rife on the water. Gondolas continued to glide along the shadowed canals, while the laugh or the song was echoed among the arches of the palaces. The piazza and
Página 122 - Song. THE moon was at the height. Its rays fell in a flood on the swelling domes and massive roofs of Venice, while the margin of the town was brilliantly defined by the glittering bay. The natural and gorgeous setting was more than worthy of that picture of human magnificence; for at
Página 145 - the manner in which they had been blasted by the unjust and selfish policy of the state, of his different efforts to procure the release of his grandson, and his bold expedients at the regatta, and the fancied nuptials with the Adriatic. When he had thus prepared the Carmelite to understand the origin of
Página 148 - great force, and was instantly at their side. Two men passed into the boat of Antonio, and with officious zeal assisted the monk to resume his place in that of the republic. " Is the penitent shrived ?" half whispered one, seemingly the superior of the two.
Página 298 - Among these Jacopo sought his own gondola, which he extricated from the floating mass, and urged into the stream. A few sweeps of the oar, and he lay at the side of La Bella Sorrentina. The padrone paced the deck, enjoying the cool of the evening, with Italian indolence, while his people sang, or rather
Página 114 - Those you seek are here; I am Violetta Tiepolo; to this lady am I indebted for a mother's care, and this reverend Carmelite is my spiritual counsellor. Shall I summon my household ?" " It is unnecessary. My errand is rather of private than of public concern. At the decease of your late most
Página 246 - knew him, as was due to his rank and expectations. Still Don Camillo walked among the patricians of the republic with novel sensations. More than once he thought he detected, in the wandering glances of those with whom he conversed, signs of their knowledge of his frustrated attempt, and more than once, when he
Página 174 - concealment." Don Camillo was scarce hid from view, when Annina reappeared. She had the same suspicious manner of glancing her eye around, as the official, and it would seem, by the idle question she put, that her entrance had some other object than the mere pretence which she made of consulting her new mistress's