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... Venice . Even her crimes and her vices , seen through the blue distance , do but heighten the effect of her attractions . Her impenetrable dungeons , and her cruel ... Venice may sometimes seem , no historian has as yet thrown 2 Venice .
... Venice . Even her crimes and her vices , seen through the blue distance , do but heighten the effect of her attractions . Her impenetrable dungeons , and her cruel ... Venice may sometimes seem , no historian has as yet thrown 2 Venice .
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... Venice was always an aris- tocracy . Her earliest form of government was the administration of justice by twelve magistrates chosen annually from among the chief families . Becoming dissatisfied with the instability and turbulence which ...
... Venice was always an aris- tocracy . Her earliest form of government was the administration of justice by twelve magistrates chosen annually from among the chief families . Becoming dissatisfied with the instability and turbulence which ...
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... Venice at this time escaped a greater danger than any which could have threatened her from the pretensions of the Eastern empire . The great Emperor of the West never quite abandoned the notion of re - uniting the ... Venice now , 4 Venice .
... Venice at this time escaped a greater danger than any which could have threatened her from the pretensions of the Eastern empire . The great Emperor of the West never quite abandoned the notion of re - uniting the ... Venice now , 4 Venice .
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... Venice , was fought in either 804 or 809 , A.D .; and , for nearly four hundred years to come , the republic went on extending her commerce , and gradually perfecting her polity , without obtaining any notable accession of territory ...
... Venice , was fought in either 804 or 809 , A.D .; and , for nearly four hundred years to come , the republic went on extending her commerce , and gradually perfecting her polity , without obtaining any notable accession of territory ...
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... were restricted by no limitations of age , property , or rank . Virtually , of course , a majority would be chosen from the nobility , as the wealthiest and most influential class in every ward . And here we 6 Venice .
... were restricted by no limitations of age , property , or rank . Virtually , of course , a majority would be chosen from the nobility , as the wealthiest and most influential class in every ward . And here we 6 Venice .
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