Why this sudden wish to weary thyself ?" "Because there is no Doge's palace, nor any Bridge of Sighs, nor any dog of Jacopo Frontoni among the meadows." "Thou hast little relish for this duty; but thou must know that what the master commands it is the duty of a faithful follower to perform.

Thou wert born my vassal, Gino Monaldi; and though trained from boyhood in this occupation of a gondolier, thou art properly a being of my fiefs in Napoli." "St.Gennaro make me grateful for the honor, Signore! But there is not a water-seller in the streets of Venice, nor a mariner on her canals, who does not wish this Jacopo anywhere but in the bosom of Abraham.

He is the terror of every young lover, and of all the urgent creditors on the islands." "Thou seest, silly babbler, there is one of the former, at least, who does not hold him in dread.

Thou wilt seek him beneath the Bridge of Sighs, and, showing the signet, deliver the package according to my instructions." "It is certain loss of character to be seen speaking with the miscreant! So lately as yesterday, I heard Annina, the pretty daughter of the old wine-seller on the Lido, declare, that to be seen once in company with Jacopo Frontoni was as bad as to be caught twice bringing old rope from the arsenal, as befell Roderigo, her mother's cousin." "Thy distinctions savor of the morals of the Lido.

Remember to exhibit the ring, lest he distrust thy errand." "Could not your eccellenza set me about clipping the wings of the lion, or painting a better picture than Tiziano di Vecelli?
I have a mortal dislike even to pass the mere compliments of the day with one of your cut-throats.