My own opinion of the speed of the felucca, and of the merits of a Turk, undergo changes of this sort between port and the open sea; and I have known thee, good Gino, forget San Teodoro, and bawl as lustily to San Gennaro, when at Naples, as if thou really fancied thyself in danger from the mountain." "One must speak to those at hand, in order to be quickest heard," rejoined the gondolier, casting a glance that was partly humorous, and not without superstition, upwards at the image which crowned the granite column against whose pedestal he still leaned.

"A truth which warns us to be prudent, for yonder Jew cast a look this way, as if he felt a conscientious scruple in letting any irreverent remark of ours go without reporting.

The bearded old rogue is said to have other dealings with the Three Hundred besides asking for the moneys he has lent to their sons.

And so, Stefano, thou thinkest the republic will never plant another mast of triumph in San Marco, or bring more trophies to the venerable church ?" "Napoli herself, with her constant change of masters, is as likely to do a great act on the sea as thy winged beast just now! Thou art well enough to row a gondola in the canals, Gino, or to follow thy master to his Calabrian castle; but if thou would'st know what passes in the wide world, thou must be content to listen to mariners of the long course.
The day of San Marco has gone by, and that of the heretics more north has come." "Thou hast been much of late among the lying Genoese, Stefano, that thou comest hither with these idle tales of what a heretic can do.

Genova la Superba! What has a city of walls to compare with one of canals and islands like this ?--and what has that Apennine republic performed, to be put in comparison with the great deeds of the Queen of the Adriatic?
Thou forgettest that Venezia has been--" "Zitto, zitto! that _has_ been, caro mio, is a great word with all Italy.