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Book The Story of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Story of Venice Classic Reprint written by Thomas Okey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Venice May we be permitted a word Of counsel to the returning traveller who has not restricted his move ments by taking the usual circular ticket. If he voyage by the little steamer that plies between the Riva degli Schiavoni and Fusina (whence a steam tram will carry him to the S. Sofia station at Padua, near the Arena Chapel), he will pass along the Old route from the mainland, and enjoy a last and certainly a fond and lingering view Of the wonderful city as the boat slowly steams away from Venice through the canals Of the Zattere and Of Fusina. The train to Padua passes along the road that follows the course Of the Canale di Brenta, affording glimpses Of many an Old patrician palace in picturesque decay. He will touch at Oriago where Jacopo del Cassero, who entreated Dante's prayers in the ante-purgatorio, was overtaken and murdered by the assassins of the tyrant Azzo VIII. Of Este, and saw among the reeds and the mire1 a pool growing on the ground from his veins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Venice Classic Reprint written by Alethea Wiel and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Venice The Story of Venice in its entirety and completeness has yet to be written. Even in Italian a perfect work dealing with the subject has not been accomplished, though documents and histories exist in abundance from which to compile such a work; and the following pages only attempt an outline of a story whose vastness and diversity has rarely been equalled among the nations. The strange geographical position occupied by Venice; the extent of her commerce and wealth; and the height of luxury and splendour to which she attained in comparatively early ages, gild her pages with a colour and vivacity alternately bewildering and fascinating. The special feature though in her story is the preponderance of the state, and the subservience of the citizen; for Venice was an exacting mistress, and all who served her had to abrogate self and devote themselves heart and soul to her service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book A Short History of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book A Short History of Venice Classic Reprint written by William Roscoe Thayer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History of Venice No other people has been the victim of more misconceptions than the Venetians. They have been praised for qualities they did not possess and blamed for crimes they did not commit. Roman cers and poets have unwittingly belied them; enemies have traduced; historians have turned partisans for or against them. It seems as if posterity were in league never to understand them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The History of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The History of Venice Classic Reprint written by Paulo Paruta and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of Venice Emperour, by the name of C hurls the trh, 163. Intends to pa/t tnto Italy mtth an Ann], 165. Defiret the Venettant to 1 oyn wtth bun, Make: a League tvtth the Venettant, 1 9 9. Htt Defignt after the Vtc'tory gotten of the French at Patna, 221, Come: to an a reernent mtth K lag Francis, an [ett hurt at Itberty, 234. Rtft'oret the Duh-darn of Milan to Francel'co Sforza, 324, Hat defiant upon Milan after Francefco't death, 6a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Winged Lion  Or Stories of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Winged Lion Or Stories of Venice Classic Reprint written by James De Mille and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Winged Lion, or Stories of Venice Genoa, - all these cities lay before them; and great er than all, one which drew them onward with a stronger fascination. For of all the cities Of the Old world none had ever seemed so attractive and so wonderful as Venice. Its unique situation; its romantic history; its splendid monuments; its canals, gondolas, towers, and palaces; its dark secrets; its alluring mystery, all served to throw a spell over their minds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Toxin

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  • Author : Ouida Ouida
  • Publisher : Forgotten Books
  • Release : 2017-05-21
  • ISBN : 9780259822356
  • Pages : 236 pages

Download or read book Toxin written by Ouida Ouida and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Toxin: A Story of Venice They wore white clothes with red sashes and red rib bons round their straw hats; they were in her private ser vice; they steered quickly home again over the calm wa ter-way, and in and out the crowded craft by the Schia vome, past the Customs House, and S. Giorgio, and the Salva tore, until they reached a pal ace on the Grand Canal, which was their mistress's residence, with poles painted red and white, with coronets on their tops, marking the landing stairs in the old Venetian fashion. I have lost my opals in the water! She cried to a friend who was on one of the balco nies of the first floor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Merchant of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Merchant of Venice Classic Reprint written by William Shakespeare and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Merchant of Venice Here, then, is a source which almost combines buth the stories, and from which a dramatist of Shakespeare's invention would have been quite capable of evolving his double plot by the judicious substitution of the casket theme for the device of the widow lady. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Venetian Discourses  Drawn from the History  Art Customs of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Venetian Discourses Drawn from the History Art Customs of Venice Classic Reprint written by Alexander Robertson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Venetian Discourses, Drawn From the History, Art Customs of Venice Venice was the most stable, the most peace ful, the most prosperous, and the longest lived Republic the world has ever seen. Through many an age in the mid-sea she dwelt, From her retreat calmly contemplating The changes of the Earth, herself unchanged. A scene of light and glory, a dominion That has endured the longest among men. Such being the case, nothing, I think, could be more Opposed to reason and to probability than the notion, too commonly entertained, that she; owed her superlative greatness to a policy and to practices that savoured of piracy and pillage, of tyranny and injustice, of cruelty and oppression. And, from my own study of Venice and Venetian history, I am prepared to say that no notion could be more opposed to truth and to fact The more I know of the old Venetians, the more I feel called upon to admire not only their marvel lous energy and industry, their perseverance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Doges of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Doges of Venice Classic Reprint written by Mrs. Aubrey Richardson and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Doges of Venice About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Things Seen in Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Things Seen in Venice Classic Reprint written by Lonsdale Ragg and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Things Seen in Venice Its visitors Of Old time were more fortunate. They approached this Citta nobilissima e Singolare by ways which enabled them to taste its quality from afar. They saw its distant campanili as they sailed across the Adriatic from Trieste or they came, like John Evelyn in 1645, by Brondolo and Chioggia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book An Historic Fantasy of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book An Historic Fantasy of Venice Classic Reprint written by Grace Llewellyn Jones and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historic Fantasy of Venice XII. Window of the Sposalizio 1: from which the Doge drapped the ring into - the Seaff' (franz an original drawing in the Raccolta Gherro). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book A Daughter of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book A Daughter of Venice Classic Reprint written by John Seymour Wood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Daughter of Venice The sunless mile, were very disagreeable. In those happy days of my Wander jahre, I ran down from Vienna for a week in Venice, prepared to exhaust its treasures in a few days; to consider St. Mark's a dingy bit of orientalism; to fully believe that the unapproachable Piazzetta was literally so, and badly arranged; to smile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Studies in the History of Venice  Vol  2  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Studies in the History of Venice Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by Horatio F. Brown and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in the History of Venice, Vol. 2 Residents were addressed by the Senate with the in of an inferior; ambassadors in their commissions with the 114 of an equal and in their instructions - when they had assumed their full dignity by presenting credentials - with the mi of respect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book A History of Painting  Vol  2 of 8

Download or read book A History of Painting Vol 2 of 8 written by Haldane Macfall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Painting, Vol. 2 of 8: The Renaissance in Venice XX. Wherein, wandering to Verona, we find her mightiest Genius there, who leads us back to Venice 19! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Navy of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book The Navy of Venice Classic Reprint written by Alethea Wiel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Navy of Venice The history of Venice has been told in many ways and by many writers. Poets, novelists, and dramatists have in turn portrayed the romantic charm and tragic fate of the amphibious city. But by some inexplicable oversight her Navy - the expression par excellence of her peculiar character, the instrument by which she both built up her actual fabric and shaped her destiny - has been ignored, or has been treated only in conjunction with those of other Italian seaports. Its individuality and its import ance have thus been obscured. The object of the present work is to endeavour to make good, as far as may be, this deficiency; and to give its due prominence to a subject which should appeal, not only to specialists and experts in naval matters, but to all who feel the fascination of the sea, or who are attracted by the marvellous tale of the rise and fall of Venice. I do not, alas! Belong to the ranks of the experts and specialists: I have not even attempted to adopt their language when I describe the vessels most in use in the Venetian Navy and the exploits in which they gained renown. I have rather striven, as far as in me lies, to set before the general reader the important part that Navy played, for more than a thousand years, in developing the individuality of the Republic, and I have also striven to prove how fatally the wealth and luxury in Venice under mined the simplicity and vigour of her citizens, and how their indifference and apathy as to the maintenance of the Navy was the cause of the downfall of the city. That no work dealing exclusively with the subject has yet been written is a strange and curious fact - that it should be handled for the first time by a woman and a foreigner is stranger still. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Literary Landmarks of Venice  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Literary Landmarks of Venice Classic Reprint written by Laurence Hutton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Literary Landmarks of Venice The Queen Of the Adriatic is peculiarly poor in local guide-books and in local maps. In the former are to be found but slight refer ence to that part of Venice which is most dear to the lovers of bookmen and to the lovers of books; and the latter contain the names of none but the larger Of the squares, streets, and canals, leaving, in many instances, the searcher after the smaller thoroughfares entirely afloat in the Adriatic, with no com pass by which to steer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Witch Winnie in Venice and the Alchemist s Story

Download or read book Witch Winnie in Venice and the Alchemist s Story written by Elizabeth Williams Champney and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: