The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volumen 3R. W. Pomeroy, 1824 |
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... blood and wealth in the city of once the most wealthy and still the most ancient families in Europe . The length I have gone into on this subject will show the interest I have taken in it . Whether I have succeeded or not in the tragedy ...
... blood and wealth in the city of once the most wealthy and still the most ancient families in Europe . The length I have gone into on this subject will show the interest I have taken in it . Whether I have succeeded or not in the tragedy ...
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... blood and sweat of almost eighty years , Were weigh'd i ' the balance , ' gainst the foulest stain , The grossest insult , most contemptuous crime Of a rank , rash patrician — and found wanting ! And this is to be borne ? Ber . Fal . I ...
... blood and sweat of almost eighty years , Were weigh'd i ' the balance , ' gainst the foulest stain , The grossest insult , most contemptuous crime Of a rank , rash patrician — and found wanting ! And this is to be borne ? Ber . Fal . I ...
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... blood had gilt the threshold ; for the carle r Had stabb'd him on the instant . Ber . Fal . Do not doubt it , He shall not live till sunset - leave to me The means , and calm yourself . Doge . Hold , nephew : this Would have sufficed ...
... blood had gilt the threshold ; for the carle r Had stabb'd him on the instant . Ber . Fal . Do not doubt it , He shall not live till sunset - leave to me The means , and calm yourself . Doge . Hold , nephew : this Would have sufficed ...
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... blood upon thy face - how came it there ? Is . Ber . ' Tis mine , and not the first I've shed for Ve- But the first shed by a Venetian hand ; A noble smote me . [ nice , Doge . Is . Ber . Doth he live ! Not long- But for the hope I had ...
... blood upon thy face - how came it there ? Is . Ber . ' Tis mine , and not the first I've shed for Ve- But the first shed by a Venetian hand ; A noble smote me . [ nice , Doge . Is . Ber . Doth he live ! Not long- But for the hope I had ...
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... blood had been wash'd out in other blood . Doge . You come to me for justice - unto me ! The Doge of Venice , and I cannot give it ; I cannot even obtain it - ' twas denied To me most solemnly an hour ago . 18. Ber . How says your ...
... blood had been wash'd out in other blood . Doge . You come to me for justice - unto me ! The Doge of Venice , and I cannot give it ; I cannot even obtain it - ' twas denied To me most solemnly an hour ago . 18. Ber . How says your ...
Términos y frases comunes
abbot aught Avogadori behold Bertram blood Bonnivard breath brow call'd Capi che fu chief Consiglieri Consiglio Cortana council council of ten death detto Dieci Doge Doge of Venice doom doth ducal duke earth eyes father fear feel furono gate Giovanni Giunta hath head heart heaven honour hour Israel king knew less liero limbs Lioni live lord Marco Marco Giustiniani Marino Faliero Mazeppa Messer Michael Michel Steno Morgante ne'er never Niccolo Nicoletto night noble nought o'er Orlando palace passions patrician peril Petrarch Philip Calendaro Pietro prince proud quale Saint Mark's Saint Peter Sathan seem'd senate sentence Sestiero shame siege of Zara Signor soul sovereign speak spirit sword thee thine things thou hast thought thousand throne tomb traitor Treviso Trivisano twas unto Venice words wrath
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Página 176 - And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away...
Página 185 - I thought of this, and I was glad, For thought of them had made me mad ; But I was curious to ascend To my barr'd windows, and to bend Once more, upon the mountains high, The quiet of a loving eye.
Página 187 - These heavy walls to me had grown A hermitage — and all my own ! And half I felt as they were come To tear me from a second home : With spiders I had friendship made, And watch'd them in their sullen trade...
Página 178 - Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls: A thousand feet in depth below Its massy waters meet and flow; Thus much the fathom-line was sent From Chillon's snow-white battlement, Which round about the wave enthralls: A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave.
Página 182 - The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Página 187 - With spiders I had friendship made, And watched them in their sullen trade; Had seen the mice by moonlight play — And why should I feel less than they? We were all inmates of one place, And I, the monarch of each race, Had power to kill; yet, strange to tell! In quiet we had learned to dwell. My very chains and I grew friends, So much a long communion tends To make us what we are: — even I Regained my freedom with a sigh.
Página 179 - A double dungeon wall and wave Have made — and like a living grave. Below the surface of the lake The dark vault lies wherein we lay, We heard it ripple night and day; Sounding o'er our heads it...
Página 180 - Like brutes within an iron den ; But what were these to us or him? These wasted not his heart or limb ; My brother's soul was of that mould Which in a palace had grown cold, Had his free breathing been denied The range of the steep mountain's side; But why delay the truth?
Página 187 - It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count — I took no note, I had no hope my eyes to raise And clear them of their dreary mote ; At last men came to set me free...
Página 175 - But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...