 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1825 - 582 páginas
...in the eastern seas ; and a vast and increasing com* inerce swelled her enormous wealth. She held ' the gorgeous east in fee, And was the safeguard of the west.' As the Greek empire crumbled into dust before the power of the sultans, Venice became the maritime... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1832 - 538 páginas
...Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and hpreafterof Sicily, by the grace of God and Saint Peter." . THE BRIDES OF VENICE. Once did she hold the gorgeous East in...West : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her hirth, — Venice, the eldest child of Liberty ! She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile... | |
 | George William D. Evans - 1835 - 622 páginas
...her possessions in the eastern seas; and a vast and increasing commerce swelled her enormous wealth. She hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West. VOL. III. K As the Greek empire crumbled into dust before the power of the sultans, Venice became the... | |
 | George William David Evans - 1835 - 622 páginas
...possessions in the eastern seas; and a vast and increasing commerce swelled her enormous wealth. She held the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West. VOL. III. F As the Greek empire crumbled into dust before the power of the sultans, Venice became the... | |
 | Joseph Williams Blakesley - 1843 - 236 páginas
...traffickers the honourable of the earth ;"* let that of Carthage, and that of Venice, who " Once did hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West," •}• be a warning to us in our prosperity and pride, how " health" may be " Followed by grim disease,... | |
 | Thomas Edwards Hankinson - 1844 - 472 páginas
...as if climbing the steps of the Altar of God's great Temple." — HKBER'S Journal, vol. ip 480. T " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West." WORDSWORTH. Sonnet on the Extinction of the Venetian Republic. ' There is a curious coincidence with... | |
 | Thomas Edwards Hankinson - 1844 - 468 páginas
...myself as if climbing the steps of the Altar of God's great Temple."—HEBER'S Journal, vol. ip 480. ' " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West." WORDSWORTH. Sonnet on the Extinction of the Venetian Republic. 8 There is a curious coincidence with... | |
 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1849 - 420 páginas
...the contributors were made creditors, 4 per cent. was allowed as interest ; and she " Who once held the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West," resumed her credit, and increased her power. So fruitful a source of wealth was not allowed to fall... | |
 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1850 - 210 páginas
...contributors were made creditors, four per cent. was allowed as interest, and she, " Who once held the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West," resumed her credit, and increased her power. So fruitful a source of wealth was not allowed to fall... | |
| |
Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden City, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when She took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she... 
