...endured the lonijest amony men. A Poet of onr 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. P. M, 1. 17. Want led to Enterprise ; " II fallut subsister ; ils tirerent leur subsistence tie...

...employment and procure him fame and riches." CHAPTER II. THE CITY O? THE SEA.—THE RIVALS. Once she did hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard...below her birth. Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty ! WORDSWORTH. MEANWHILE, approaching the termination of its voyage, the boat passed that village of...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...