Sonnets from Venice (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Sonnets From Venice Of the one hundred and seven sonnets which appear in the complete editions of Platen's works, the seven teen constituting the Somtte aw Vmedig not merelyform the longest series, but contain the best of Platen's work. Robertson calls them without qualification the finest collection of sonnets in the German tongue. Of these sonnets the first fourteen (in the order as given here) were written during a two months' stay in Venice in 1824, being completed in November; and in his Tagebuch for the twenty-seventh of February of the year following Goethe records Venetian son nets of Count Platen, found praiseworthy They were first printed at Erlangen in the latter year. The last three sonnets were added at a somewhat later date. 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.




Sonnets from Venice


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Songs of Venice


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Excerpt from Songs of Venice: And Other Poems 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.




From a Venetian Balcony


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Excerpt from From a Venetian Balcony: And Other Poems of Venice and the Near Lands The ripples are rising and falling, Tide-like, on my heart all day, With a voice so sweet and thralling That I cannot say it nay. 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.




The Carnival of Venice, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Carnival of Venice, and Other Poems Lost, at Elberon, An Appeal, To a Basket of Flowers, Lines to an Infant, For Emily's Album, Flying Dutchman, In Memoriam, Life, Yesterday - To-day - To-morrow, She Hath Done What She Could, Dream Fairies, My Lady Fair, A Lullaby. 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.




The Sea-Charm of Venice (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Sea-Charm of Venice Altinum, Aquileia, and the other towns bor dering on the lagoon, the Roman nobles, many of whom might be called merchant princes, and their dependants fled to Tor cello, to Rialto, and to other islands where, before the conqueror came, they had estab lished depots for their trading, where the fishermen and boatmen were already in their pay. When the Goths followed the invading track of Attila, the emigration of the Roman inhabitants of the mainland to the lagoon continued year after year; and out of this emigrant flight grew Venice, the Queen of the Sea. 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.




THE MERCHANT OF VENICE


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The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock's daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio's friend Lorenzo. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.




A Tale of Venice


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Excerpt from A Tale of Venice: A Drama, and Lyrics Severo. Who knows Not I? Alessio, dear Alessio, You fling yourself from madness into vice Will you not turn to measure your lost life, Ere folly lays aside her gorgeous cloak And shows the ruin under? 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.




The Stones of Venice the Fall the Poetry of Architecture Poems Giotto and His Works in Padua, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Stones of Venice the Fall the Poetry of Architecture Poems Giotto and His Works in Padua, Vol. 3 Prosperity, its streets were inwrought with rich sculpture, and even (though in this, as before noticed, Venice always stood supreme) glowing with color and with gold. Now, therefore, let the reader, - forming for himself as vivid and real a con ception as he is able, either of a group of Venetian palaces in the fourteenth century, or, if he likes better, of one of'the more fantastic but-even richer street scenes of Rouen, Ant werp, Cologne, or Nuremberg, and keeping this gorgeous image before him, - go out into any thoroughfare; representa tive, in a general and characteristic way, of' the feeling for domestic architecture in modern times let him, for instance, if in London, walk once up and down Harley Street, or Baker Street, or Gower Street and then, looking upon this picture and on this, set himself to consider (for this is to be the sub ject of our following and final inquiry) what have been the causes which have' induced'so vast a change in' the European mind. 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.




The Merchant of Venice (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare


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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Merchant of Venice (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock's daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio's friend Lorenzo. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.