 | Joseph Williams Blakesley - 1843 - Страниц: 236
...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 - Страниц: 472
...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 - Страниц: 468
...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1845 - Страниц: 366
...endured the longest among men. A Poet of our own Country, Mr. Wordsworth, has written a noble sonnet on the extinction of the Venetian Republic. " Once did She hold the gorgeous East in fee."&c. Page 61, line 10. and at once she fell ; There was, in my time, another republic, a place... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1849 - Страниц: 668
...himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. ON THE EXTINCTION OP THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. OXCE did She hold the gorgeous east in fee ; And was the...Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and freo ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must... | |
 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1849 - Страниц: 420
...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... | |
 | 1850 - Страниц: 418
...precursor the dowry of the venerable Adriatic Republic which the French ruler brought to a close : — " Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty." We owe, undoubtedly, to the ambitious projects of Napoleon, both the revival of general interest in... | |
 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1850 - Страниц: 210
...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... | |
 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1850 - Страниц: 192
...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - Страниц: 748
...each man frames His business as he likes. Far other show My youth here witnessed, in a prouder time; ter Cily, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when She took unto herself a... | |
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ON THE EXTINcTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIc. ONcE did She hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was the safeguard of the West : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. 
