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"He is tenfold rewarded in the Senate's gratitude." "It would have been gracious to have expressed my feelings towards the Signor Gradenigo in words; but that which is refused to the tongue will be permitted to the pen." "The reserve that becomes the state of one so favored is absolute. St. Mark is jealous where he loves.
Both the ladies bowed, and by the manner in which they drew their cloaks about them, they made evident their wish to retire. Donna Violetta craved a blessing, and after the usual compliments, and a short dialogue of courtesy, she and her companion withdrew to their boat. The Signor Gradenigo paced the room in which he had received his ward for several minutes in silence.
When Venice had acquired the city the senate commanded Tommaso Gritti and Piero Gradenigo to build Castel Leone; it was constructed astride the road which crossed the marshes, so that all travellers and vehicles entering or leaving the city had to pass through it.
There was a small but nearly imperceptible red spot on the cheek of the Signor Gradenigo, that did not escape the keen distrust of his companions; but he concealed his alarm, answering distinctly that he had none. "We must then defer a decision for further proof. The justice of St.
Finding that he was not perceptibly flattered by what she said, she began to talk about the Venetian aristocracy, for she knew that his name was historical, and she recognized in him at once the characteristics of the nobility she worshipped. Malipieri smiled politely, and in answer to a direct question admitted that his mother had been a Gradenigo. The Baroness was delighted at this information.
He would pay his barber this for letting blood." "Do thy job thoroughly, and the price shall be doubled." "I want the security of a name. I know you not, Signore." The stranger looked cautiously around him, and raising his mask for an instant, he showed the countenance of Giacomo Gradenigo. "Is the pledge sufficient?" "Signore, it is. When must this deed be done?" "This night.
I know no device of greater frequency, whereby I conceive there is much commerce in this light fidelity." "He who used it did well in concealing his thoughts beneath so general a dress! There will be a reward of a hundred sequins to him who traces the owner." Hosea was about to return the seal as beyond his knowledge, when this remark fell casually from the lips of the Signor Gradenigo.
On the 28th of December, in the preceding year, Master Marco Erizzo, Nicolo Soranzo, and Thomas Gradenigo, were chosen to examine where a new saloon might be built in order to assemble therein the Greater Council.... On the 3rd of June, 1341, the Great Council elected two procurators of the work of this saloon, with a salary of eighty ducats a year."
He courts thy favor for his own prodigal son; a cavalier without honor, the companion of profligates, and the victim of the Hebrews. Believe him not, for he is stricken in deceit." "He is the victim of his own designs, if this be true. Of all the youths of Venice I esteem Giacomo Gradenigo least."
"Thou should'st temper thy regrets with wisdom. The Signor Gradenigo has long been friendly to thee, and I have heard that thy mother nursed him. Try his ears with prayers, but cease to anger the Republic with complaints." Antonio looked wistfully at his companion, but when he had ceased he shook his head mournfully, as if to express the hopelessness of relief from that quarter.
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