 | John Francis (of the Bank of England.) - 1850 - 192 pages
...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 - 748 pages
...not for Pope, Consul, or King, can sound himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. VI. ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden Cily, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when She took unto herself a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 pages
...caring not for Pope, Consul, or King, can sound himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. VL ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...safeguard of the West : the worth Of Venice did not fell below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a Maiden City, bright and free ;... | |
 | Ruins - 1852 - 464 pages
...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...safeguard of the West: the worth Of Venice did not fail below her birth, Venice, the eldest child of Liberty." We owe, undoubtedly, to the ambitious projects... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pages
...not for Pope, Consul, or King, can sound himself to know The destiny of Man, and live in hope. 22 VL ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did...her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She wae a Maiden City, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And, when She took unto... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1854 - 494 pages
...determine exactly where it Mood. (W) 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. (61) "U fallut eubeister ; ils tirirent leur subsistence de tout l'univers." — Montesquieu. (62)... | |
 | 1856 - 732 pages
...her to the commerce of the world.J What a suggestive scene ! The lion of St. Mark, which once " Did hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West," inducting the lion of St. George to the guardianship of that ocean which was soon to be wrested from... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1856 - 812 pages
...her to the commerce of the world.J What a suggestive scene ! The lion of St. Mark, which once " Did hold the gorgeous East in fee, And was the safeguard of the West," inducting the lion of St. George to the guardianship of that ocean which was soon to be wrested from... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1858 - 550 pages
...himself to know The destiny of man, and live in hope. os THE EJTINCTIOS or THE VENETIAN BEPUBLIC. * ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was...fall below her birth — Venice, the eldest child oi Liberty ! She was a maiden city, bright and free ; No guile seduced, no force could violate ; And,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...exactly where it stood. (GO) 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. (81) "11 fjillut subsister ; ils tirerent leur subsistance de tout Punivers." — Monte*' guieu.... | |
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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. 
