The Old Venetian Palaces and Old Venetian FolkJ.M. Dent, 1907 - 322 pagina's |
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Pagina 270 - While he from forth the closet brought a heap Of candied apple, quince, and plum, and gourd ; With jellies soother than the creamy curd, And lucent syrups, tinct with cinnamon ; Manna and dates, in argosy transferr'd From Fez ; and spiced dainties, every one, From silken Samarcand to cedar'd Lebanon.
Pagina 282 - ... that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall ; that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Pagina 257 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Pagina 34 - There, where your argosies with portly sail, Like signiors and rich burghers of the flood ; Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea Do overpeer the petty traffickers That curt'sy to them, do them reverence, As they fly by them with their woven wings.
Pagina 218 - E ritrovar del lungo tratto il fine, Che questo fa parer dui mar diversi; E scorrer tutti i liti e le vicine Isole...
Pagina 8 - A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE ON THE COMPARATIVE METHOD For the Student, Craftsman, and Amateur.
Pagina 1 - Questi Palazzi e queste logge or colte D'ostro, di marmo e di figure elette, Fur poche e basse case insieme accolte Deserti lidi e povere Isolette. Ma genti ardite d'ogni vizio sciolte Premeano il mar con picciole barchette, Che qui non per domar provincie molte, Ma fuggir servitu s' eran ristrette Non era ambizion ne' petti loro ; Ma '1 mentire abborrian piu che la morte, Ne vi regnava ingorda fame d
Pagina 27 - While other Italian cities have each some ten or twelve prominent structures on which their claim to architectural fame is based, Venice numbers her specimens by hundreds ; and the residence of the simple citizen is often as artistic as the palace of the proudest noble. No other city possesses such a school of Architectural Art as applied to domestic purposes ; and if we must look for types from which to originate a style suitable to our modern wants, it is among the Venetian examples of the...
Pagina 95 - AM filled with waters, and gardens, and groves, and vineyards, and the joyousness of the bordering sea; and fisherman and farmer from different sides stretch forth to me the pleasant gifts of sea and land: and them who abide in me, either a bird singing or the sweet cry of the ferrymen lulls to rest.
Pagina 59 - O'er a certain bridge you have to cross That's named "Of the Angel": listen why! The name "Of the Devil" too much appalls Venetian acquaintance, so — his the loss, While the gain goes . . . look on high! An angel visibly guards yon house: Above each scutcheon — a pair — stands he, Enfolds them with droop of either wing: The family's fortune were perilous 10 Did he thence depart — you will soon agree, If I hitch into verse the thing. For, once on a time, this house belonged To a lawyer of...