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Thou hast heard of the Austrian nobles who came with me in my gondola, and were never seen again Yes, but that story is false It is true.— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
On coming to the surface he saw nothing--neither the gondola, the Bucentaur nor his beloved.— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
As the hotel porter handed the young ladies from the gondola, the Colonel paused to have a word with the gondolier.— A Venetian June
"I always said that I should like to cross the ocean with you I would rather the Signore stayed here," Vittorio exclaimed, while a flashing smile lit up his handsome face; "I would rather the Signore took a little palace and stayed here in Venice Before the Signore had had time to give this time-honoured proposition the consideration which it merited, the gondola was lying alongside the steps at the bankers' door, and his attention was distracted by a very ragged, but seraphically beautiful urchin, who was excitedly wriggling his body through the railing of the adjoining ferry-landing, with a view to pressing his services upon the foreign gentleman.— A Venetian June
The kind of man that would stick in a woman's memory, I should say And then, just as the gondola was passing the house where the little stone girls keep their uncomprehending outlook upon the world, a sharp pang took him, followed by a strange--was it a disloyal?--sense of relief, and he exclaimed, under his breath, "I never asked her VI A Festa You didn't tell us what a beauty Mrs. Daymond was, Uncle Dan," said May, as they sat at dinner that evening They had a small table to themselves, close by one of the long glass doors opening out into the garden.— A Venetian June

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