Venetian

Examples

• The shady retreat furnished relief from the garish day to the primitive man, and the opaque shades and Venetian blinds of modern civilization exclude the excess of light at our windows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To be on good terms with St. Mark, seems to be the very summit of Venetian ambition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The States-General was far less representative of the whole body of citizens than was the English Parliament even in its Venetian days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Ottoman Turk had even taken to the sea, and fought the Venetian upon his own Mediterranean waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Venetian and Genoese ships were creeping round to Antwerp, and the Hansa town seamen were coming south and extending their range. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When the Venetian manufacture was first established, the materials were all brought from Sicily and the Levant. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The entirely free Venetian republic ruled an empire of dependent islands and trading ports, rather after the fashion of the Athenian republic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. van der Luyden's portrait by Huntington (in black velvet and Venetian point) faced that of her lovely ancestress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The Venetian gondola is as free and graceful, in its gliding movement, as a serpent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• That day I crossed the Venetian plain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In the Venetian territory, all the arable lands which are given in lease to farmers are taxed at a tenth of the rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The commander of a Venetian expedition disguised himself, stole the bones, separated them, and packed them in vessels filled with lard. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Recollect, returned Colonel Berkeley, that Shylock is a Venetian Jew. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• If the mere climate made a Venetian of Shylock, why does Shakespeare point at him as an usurer? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• His fleets also took Algiers, and inflicted a number of reverses upon the Venetians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In the year 1298 a naval battle occurred between the Genoese and the Venetians, in which the latter were defeated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The people did not live in the clouds, as do the Venetians, the Genoese and Neapolitans of to-day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They had long wished to share in the profitable traffic of the Venetians, and this last discovery opened to them a probable prospect of doing so. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The great profits of the Venetians tempted the avidity of the Portuguese. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Then there was one in 1457, when the Venetians occupied the island; another in 1707; and I think the last outburst took place in 1866. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Typist: Steven