This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... gleams that dance andsparkle on the tranquil scene below; while overhead the old stars are quietly shining, just as' they did that night when Contarini embarked in his galley to defend the republic after the fall of Chiozza. The quiet of the scene is wonderful: no rumbling of coach-wheels, no cracking of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ... gleams that dance andsparkle on the tranquil scene below; while overhead the old stars are quietly shining, just as' they did that night when Contarini embarked in his galley to defend the republic after the fall of Chiozza. The quiet of the scene is wonderful: no rumbling of coach-wheels, no cracking of whips, no sound but the cry of the gondolier, as he turns a corner to warn some brother boatman of hia approach, or the cadence of a song, perchance, now only seldom heard, like the echo of one of the old serenades that used to be sung under the marble balcony of some senator's palace. Onward the traveller glides till he reaches the entrance of his hotel, the Albergo di Europa, for example, once the palace of the noble family of the Giustiniani, up whose marble steps from the water's edge he immediately ascends as he quits his gondola The Grand Canal, in the shape of the letter S, cuts the city in two, and is the main thoroughfare for traffic and pleasure. Out of it run a number of smaller canals, or rii, as they are called, intersecting Venice in all directions, and separating from each other the little islands, to the number of seventy-two, upon which the bouses are built. The Grand Canal, at the eastern end, begins near the Piazzetta, a common place for embarkation and landing, where gondolas lie together in crowds, and the gondoliers are eagerly on the look-out for fares. Here may be seen idlers of various descriptions, some lounging or reclining on the pavement of the molo, or. quay, others shading themselves under the arca3es of the Ducal Palace, or of the cafds and shops on the opposite side. The Venetians have abandoned their characteristic dresses, the man his red tabarro, the woman her black zendale; yet the scarlet cap retained by the...
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