| 单词 | Grand Canal |
| 例句 | I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She, ran to the nearest canal, spat into the water, looked at the boats cruising on the Grand Canal, and took a deep breath. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z High above the Grand Canal, Prosper fell and grazed his knee. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Prosper is right. A burglary is a dangerous thing. I'm not sure whether I will take part myself yet. But what makes you think the detective lives on the Grand Canal?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The square was in Dorsoduro, the southernmost quarter of Venice, on the other side of the Grand Canal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “No! He lives on the Grand Canal,” Bo said, casting a rather dark look at his brother. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It began to rain as Scipio steered his father's boat onto the Grand Canal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He bought her furs and jewels and golden harps, and she went to live in a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice, her primary residence to the end of her life. Yoko Nagae Ceschina, Countess and Fairy Godmother to the Arts, Dies at 82 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s part of the Daniel Libeskind-designed Grand Canal Square in Dublin’s new tech hub. 36 Hours in Dublin 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z To that end, I made my way to the Gritti Palace on the Grand Canal. In Venice, sampling a cocktail revolution 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z He's done other work in New York, as well as on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Giant masks by L.A.'s Thomas Houseago take over Rockefeller Center 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z After the ceremony, they were on the Grand Canal again, with cheers of "George, George" greeting them as they passed underneath the Rialto Bridge on their way into a one-way canal, the AP said. George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin make their marriage legal, leave Venice 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The poorest Jews remained in the ghetto, but many others left for other parts of the city, where they integrated, buying palaces on the Grand Canal and taking part in political life. 500 years of the Venetian ghetto: commemoration and history 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Emerging from a constrained Victorian era, these women, with great aplomb, would assert their status in theatrical manners: one de Meyer muse would often drift down Venice’s Grand Canal with a leopard in her lap. Portraits of a Lady | Baron Adolph de Meyer 2010-03-04T16:40:00Z Better save up before bedding down on the Grand Canal. 36 Hours in Venice 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Crowds along the Grand Canal cheered as Clooney and guests passed by around sunset Saturday in vintage water taxis, People said. George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin are married in Venice 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z This evening of opera is a treat, as you’ll spend it under Tiepolo frescoes at a Venetian palace on the Grand Canal. Rick Steves’ Europe | For the best of Venice, go out after dark 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Among the institutions that have closed since 2000 along the Grand Canal: the National Research Council, the Mediocredito bank, the transport authority, the local education agency, the German Consulate. Review: ‘If Venice Dies’ Examines a City Sinking, and Not Only Into Water 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Others have cruelly imagined that it was Eliot’s sexual demands or a glimpse of her naked body that sent Cross into the Grand Canal. George Eliot’s brief marriage got off to a really, really bad start 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The family filed its second lawsuit earlier this year after they noticed the names of new art donors added last summer alongside a palazzo wall facing Venice’s Grand Canal that also carries Guggenheim’s name. Paris Court Rejects Guggenheim Descendants' Claim Over Venice Palazzo 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z More recently, a wave of high-end hotels has opened along the Grand Canal, and back alleys have been set abuzz with new nightspots and a revived restaurant scene. 36 Hours in Venice 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Unlike most bacari, there’s outdoor seating on a wide terrace situated directly on the Grand Canal. When in Venice, Eat Like a Venetian 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Again and again come reminders that few things flatter a work of recent art more than its being installed in the relatively untouched rooms of a 16th- or 17th-century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal. Art Review: Artists Decorate Palazzos, and Vice Versa 2011-06-08T22:24:39Z Look at the way he animates the surface of the Grand Canal with little flicks of painted waves, childishly simple, so effective. Venice: Canaletto and his?Rivals ? review 2010-10-15T20:30:00Z The air smelled like wood smoke and we could hear the low rumble of vaporetti cruising the Grand Canal. A Honeymoon Through Italy 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It is one thing to enjoy heat when leading an active life ... another to spend all one’s days in a gondola ... and with bedroom-windows always open on the great drain of the Grand Canal.” A Literary Leap to Give Tourists Pause 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z The newlyweds showed up at the Ca' Farsetti palace on the Grand Canal for a brief ceremony officiated by friend and former mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni, the Associated Press reported. George Clooney, Amal Alamuddin make their marriage legal, leave Venice 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Typically, a makeshift bridge is built over the Grand Canal to carry the procession to the church. How Plagues Shape the Landscape 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The Centurion Palace occupies one of the most prime pieces of real estate in Venice, or the world for that matter: a spot right on the Grand Canal. Check In,Check Out : Hotel Review: Centurion Palace in Venice 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z The single set ultimately shortchanges the opera’s spectacle, especially in the Giulietta Act, which properly commences in a palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal of Venice, but there is compensation in the inventive staging. Opera Review: In Matters of the Heart,' Contes d'Hoffmann' Skips a Beat 2011-11-15T13:00:10Z The French impressionist's Le Grand Canal from his celebrated Venice series was the night's top earner, achieving £23m. Five Monets sell for £55m in hour 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Two euros gets you on an oversize gondola across the Grand Canal in the company of Venetians with their market bags. When in Venice, Eat Like a Venetian 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z We all marvel at the workaday traffic on the Grand Canal. Three generations, a lot of canals and a cat sanctuary: Mastering a family trip to Venice Seen from the opposite bank of the Grand Canal, the lobby glows brightly, illuminated by a chandelier made of opaque crystal cubes arranged in the shape of a gondola hull. Check In,Check Out : Hotel Review: Centurion Palace in Venice 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z An Iraq pavilion is an informal affair up the Grand Canal. Art Review: Venice Biennale in Its 55th Edition 2013-06-05T22:38:12Z The rooms of the slightly bunkeresque palazzo on the Grand Canal where Guggenheim lived, and that now houses her collection, are neither large nor high-ceilinged. A Jackson Pollock Takes Its First Trip to Venice 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Zannovello and others followed the violin down the Grand Canal on sundry boats, palpably proud. A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Painting is still the most popular way into Renaissance Venice, its glittering and majestic Grand Canal. Art Review: ‘Renaissance Venice’ at the Morgan Library & Museum 2012-05-31T21:44:28Z Frescoes line the ceilings and gondoliers serenade passengers in the neighboring Grand Canal Shoppes at this hotel and casino in a prime location on Las Vegas Boulevard. Loving Las Vegas, from its glittering Strip to its alluring desert 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Adele has then promised to scatter my ashes in the Grand Canal in Venice, just a small amount, but in secret if necessary. Author Iain Banks: In his own words 2013-06-09T15:43:47Z Another, headquartered in a Georgian town house along the Grand Canal here, is Element Pictures, which, like similar Irish companies, survives through diversity. Television: ‘Vikings’ Made in Ireland, ‘Thrones’ in Northern Ireland 2012-07-27T19:09:41Z Created with a crane and a pump, Eliasson’s waterfall is erected along the central axis of the Grand Canal, clearly visible from the terraces and inside the chateau. Art-world star brings a contemporary perspective to the magnificent Versailles palace 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Then, on their honeymoon, Cross threw himself from the window of their Venice hotel into the Grand Canal. George Eliot’s brief marriage got off to a really, really bad start 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z There were double-height ceilings, a canopy bed and not one but two balconies that opened up right over the Grand Canal. Check In,Check Out : Hotel Review: Centurion Palace in Venice 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z From this route it’s easy to enter the Grand Canal Ecological Route. These Are the World's Best Biking Cities 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Ships teem around the Arsenale while a colossal triton rides a sea monster at the mouth of the Grand Canal – the real marries the fabulous as Venice is wedded to the sea. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z In "Temporary Kings", Powell's fictional conference delegates are reluctantly granted access to the Palazzo Bragadin on the Grand Canal, where they admire a magnificent Tiepolo ceiling. Aperitifs and frescoes: in Venice honoring novelist Anthony Powell 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The tourists, ages 32 and 35, were also booted from the Italian city for the offense, which occurred at the oldest bridge of the Grand Canal. Venice fines tourists $1G for making coffee on historic bridge 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z This collection of his letters sent from the Palazzo Barbaro – his regular haunt on the southern end of the Grand Canal – abounds in detail later put to work in his fiction. Letters From the Palazzo Barbaro by Henry James – review 2013-06-09T10:00:01Z They continued up the Grand Canal and under the arched Rialto Bridge, crowded with more well-wishers screaming "George, George," before disappearing up a one-way canal. They did. They do. Clooney/Alamuddin wedding No. 2 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z But merely building the Grand Canal that runs through the grounds proved to be a major feat of engineering. Art-world star brings a contemporary perspective to the magnificent Versailles palace 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The workshop of the inventor Spalanzani is lacking in gee-whiz gimmickry, and for the Venice scene we get neither Grand Canal nor gondolas. Munich's hit 'Hoffmann,' far-out 'Fidelio' 2011-11-28T14:46:10Z All of the works in the Ukrainian pavilion itself, a glass box parked along the Grand Canal, represent the strife in Ukraine in one way or another. Venice Biennale Pavilions for Iraq, Ukraine and Syria Reflect Strife at Home 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Staring from the window over the Grand Canal at Santa Maria della Salute beyond, it felt like Venice’s past and future were mixed the same way . In Venice, sampling a cocktail revolution 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z People gathered over the Ponte dell’Accademia and along the paved banks of the Grand Canal to watch the floating concert that included works by Bach and Schubert. A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z On Monday, the city will close pedestrian access to walkways on the Grand Canal accessing the 16th-century Cavalli Palace for at least two hours, with the city order citing "the George Clooney wedding." George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding weekend in full swing 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z How refreshing to cross scores of bridges on foot each day, from Piazza San Marco to the far end of the Grand Canal, without seeing a single car or bus. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z On the other side of the River Liffey Google's operations occupy several buildings around the Grand Canal Dock. Ireland's housing crisis undermining new investment - IDA 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Why did Venice’s famous Grand Canal turn bright green? Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z For days, Venetians have wondered what caused a swath of their city’s famous Grand Canal to turn bright green. Officials Discover What Turned Venice’s Grand Canal Green 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Tourists and locals were perplexed when the water in a stretch of Venice’s Grand Canal glowed bright green recently. Venice’s green-glowing Grand Canal might’ve been caused by environmental activists 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z How did the Grand Canal facilitate China’s growing economy? World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z How did the Grand Canal lead to greater centralization in China? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Low tides in Venice have meant gondolas and water taxis are unable to move around because of muddy canals and the foundations of buildings in the Grand Canal have become exposed. French drought alert after driest winter since 1959 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z This week also marks the one-year anniversary of the death of 23-year-old teacher Aisling Murphy, who was killed in the Republic of Ireland on the banks of the Grand Canal in County Offaly. Sexual violence and abuse helpline calls increase In Northern Ireland 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The green glow in parts of the Grand Canal lasted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time Sunday. Venice’s green-glowing Grand Canal might’ve been caused by environmental activists 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z To facilitate economic development, the Qing upgraded China’s infrastructure, including rebuilding roads and improving the Grand Canal. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z During his reign, he continued his father’s practice of building large public works through forced labor, completing the Grand Canal in 609 to connect Luoyang in central China with Hangzhou in the south. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The 23-year-old primary school teacher was attacked and killed on the banks of the Grand Canal, outside Tullamore in the Republic of Ireland. 'We are running for our country, our people' 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Vicuña looked out of place on the Grand Canal: homespun and spirited, in faded brown corduroys, pink leg warmers and a long black and silver braid tied off with red thread. Cecilia Vicuña’s Desire Lines 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Experts don’t think the incident was accidental; whereas a teaspoon is capable of coloring 20 liters of water, a much larger dosage was found in the Grand Canal. Venice’s green-glowing Grand Canal might’ve been caused by environmental activists 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Surfing - along with sports such as paddle boarding and canoeing - is prohibited on Venice's Grand Canal. Surfers on Venice's Grand Canal invoke mayor's wrath 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z This map of China’s Grand Canal shows how it connects the country’s north and south, just as rivers connect the east and west. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Imagine the splendor of the Grand Canal in Venice married to the international shipping glamour of the Suez or Panama Canals. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z General view of the Grand Canal Docks area of Dublin, Ireland, February 11, 2022. Irish inflation nears 40-year high of 6.7% in March 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z He restored the Grand Canal and extended it 135 miles north to Beijing. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Videos of the two people foil surfing between boats and water buses on the Grand Canal sparked outrage after being posted online. Surfers on Venice's Grand Canal invoke mayor's wrath 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Commonly referred to as the Grand Canal, this man-made waterway has portions that were built in the fifth century BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The night before the funeral, local resident Mary Givan brought fresh batteries for the fairy lights on a makeshift memorial to Ms Murphy along the Grand Canal, and clears spent tea lights. Ashling Murphy: 'Community is needed to overcome such evil' 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The 23 year old was attacked and killed on the banks of the Grand Canal outside Tullamore on Wednesday afternoon. Ashling Murphy: Community to gather for funeral of murdered teacher 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z The Sui emperors’ greatest accomplishment was the completion of the Grand Canal. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In County Offaly two walks took place along the Grand Canal in her memory. Ashling Murphy: Thousands gather at Ireland and UK vigils 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z What does the construction of the Grand Canal suggest about the ambitions of the Sui rulers, especially given the enormous costs involved in building the canal? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The 23 year old was attacked on the banks of the Grand Canal outside Tullamore, County Offaly, on Wednesday afternoon and died at the scene. Ashling Murphy: Vigils across island for murdered teacher 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Ashling Murphy, 23, was attacked on the banks of the Grand Canal outside the town on Wednesday afternoon and she died at the scene. Ashling Murphy: Victim did not know her killer, detectives believe 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Its smooth curve above the Grand Canal, near Venice’s train station, was meant to symbolize the city’s embrace of modernity, but it has become better known as a stage for ruinous tumbles and dangerous slips. Venice Gets a Grip on a Star Architect’s Slippery Bridge 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z The boat, reported to be 12 meters or 40 feet in length, will ultimately carry an ensemble playing music as it sails on the lagoon city's Grand Canal. In Italy, floating fiddle makes test voyage 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z In a modern world where so much freight is moved by air, rail, and highway, why do you think the Grand Canal continues to be a vital transportation route? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Wander around Dublin's Grand Canal Quay and you get a sense of how successful the Republic of Ireland has been in attracting US technology companies. Joe Biden: Could his tax plan affect US investment in Ireland? 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z Venice gondoliers wore face masks while transporting people along the Grand Canal – where weeks earlier boat traffic was virtually nonexistent, and waterways looked empty from space. Italians sip cappuccinos six-feet apart, receive communion from gloved priests as lockdown subsides 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Join Travel Curious guide, Luca, for a talk about the history of Venice, while enjoying breathtaking views of the Grand Canal. The businesses adapting to life under lockdown 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z This year, the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Channel appeared nearly empty. Venice canals empty after Easter in new satellite images amid coronavirus lockdown 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Monumental constructions such as the Grand Canal and the Huaisheng Mosque, which was built in the seventh century CE and stands today in Guangzhou, demonstrate the grandeur of these two dynasties. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Venice’s Grand Canal, normally fouled by boat traffic, is running clear. Opinion | What the Coronavirus Means for Climate Change 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z They stood in awe of the Grand Canal just opposite, rummaging for sunglasses in their bags. The Nightjet: A Big Bet on Train Travelers Who Take It Slow 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z One Venice "excursion" recently took place from a tour guide's apartment that overlooks the Grand Canal. The businesses adapting to life under lockdown 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The Royal Gardens themselves were not flooded, incredibly, given their location between St. Mark’s Square, the city’s lowest point, and the mouth of the Grand Canal. Venice’s endurance symbolized in Royal Gardens re-opening 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z In the end, and despite the great benefits of the Grand Canal, its construction overextended the Sui. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Royal Gardens themselves were not flooded, incredibly, given their location between St. Mark’s Square, the city’s lowest point, and the mouth of the Grand Canal. Venice’s endurance symbolized in Royal Gardens re-opening 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The city is populated with statues; James Joyce, who wrote some of his masterpieces while living in Trieste, is among them, strolling across the Grand Canal on the Ponterosso bridge. New Statue Unsettles Italian City: Is It Celebrating a Poet or a Nationalist? 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z Images show severe interior flooding inside the Gritti Palace, which is situated along Venice's Grand Canal. The tourist sites hit by Venice's floods 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Visitors have many dining options along the Grand Canal while at the Ca’ Sagredo, which offers its own al fresco experience at its Zac Patio in Santa Sofia square. Venice’s Ca’ Sagredo Hotel: Where ancient history meets modern luxury 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Monet painted the Doge's palace in Venice and its reflection from a boat moored on the Grand Canal in autumn 1908. Monet's £28m masterpiece blocked from leaving UK 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The tourists from Berlin were spotted making coffee at the foot of the Rialto Bridge - the oldest of the four bridges on the Grand Canal. Tourists fined for making coffee at Venice bridge 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Liar’s Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard When a body is found in Dublin’s Grand Canal, police turn to the notorious Canal Killer for help. From Agatha Christie to Gillian Flynn: 50 great thrillers by women 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In 2013, the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project opened, connecting the Grand Canal in China’s east with the capital in the north. The grey wall of China: inside the world's concrete superpower 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The Grand Canal boasts a dinner menu rooted in traditional Venetian dishes with fresh fare from land and sea — and exceptional service, as expected. Venice’s Ca’ Sagredo Hotel: Where ancient history meets modern luxury 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z On the hotel’s Grand Canal restaurant’s outdoor terrace, it is easy to spend an entire day marveling at the life of Venice. Falling in love with Venice, Italy 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z An eastern route opened in 2013 using the ancient Grand Canal between Hangzhou and the capital. China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Tech workers taking lunch breaks on Dublin’s Silicon Docks, so named because of the cluster of top U.S. social media and software companies lining the Grand Canal, articulate Ireland’s appeal in a cacophony of languages. Despite Trump’s ire, Ireland expects to avoid any pain from U.S. tax overhaul 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The Interoceanic Grand Canal project in Nicaragua and the erosion of human rights. Amnesty condemns 'campaign of harassment' against Nicaragua canal critics 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z They flow back in from Mestre to drink wine on the banks of the Grand Canal and wait for a fireworks show that puts New York’s Fireworks by Grucci to shame. Venice, Invaded by Tourists, Risks Becoming ‘Disneyland on the Sea’ 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z The Virgin Mary with the Christ child is atop the main pediment facing the Grand Canal. Falling in love with Venice, Italy 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The Rialto is the oldest of four bridges that span Venice’s Grand Canal, first built at the end of the 12th century. Arrests in Venice after police intercept talk of Rialto bridge bombing 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z According to Salgado, the Grand Canal today is working at only 30 percent of capacity because of subsidence, the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land. Mexico City is a parched and sinking capital 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z “From here,” said Richie, as we nosed under the exquisite biased brickwork of the first of the Grand Canal’s bridges, “we could travel on over to the Shannon!” John Banville’s Dublin, a city lost – and found 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z This artwork by the renowned 18th Century painter depicts a race of one-oared light gondolas along a stretch of the Grand Canal towards the Rialto in Venice. Royal Collection art loaned to Hull Ferens Art Gallery - BBC News 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The church demands attention with its Palladian façades, the grandest facing across the Grand Canal. Falling in love with Venice, Italy 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Ball subsequently covers Zheng He's maritime explorations at the height of Ming-dynasty power in the fifteenth century, and the centrality of the Yellow River–Grand Canal administration to the state bureaucracy in the eighteenth. China: A hydrological history : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z When Mexico City’s Grand Canal was completed, at the end of the 1800s, it promised to solve the flooding and sewage problems that had plagued the city for centuries. Mexico City is a parched and sinking capital 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Some scientists see Nicaragua's plans for a Grand Canal as a boon for an ailing land; others predict ecological catastrophe. A nation divided | Science 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z As a “debate”, it was as convincing as the gondolas gliding along the supposedly Grand Canal outside the casino. Donald Trump is playing one game; the Republican field is playing another | Richard Wolffe 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Outside The Hotel Monaco & Grand Canal, activity is nonstop as gondoliers call for fares, shouting good-naturedly to other boats. Falling in love with Venice, Italy 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z This is because its main executive office suite is in a building on Grand Canal Square, Dublin – an address that has been repeatedly used by US multinationals in aggressive tax planning. American big business faces the G20 in a fight for $2.1tn in unpaid tax 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Deep below the historic center, water extracted from aquifers now can end up just beyond the city limits, in Ecatepec, at one of the largest pumping stations along the Grand Canal. Mexico City is a parched and sinking capital 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Some scientists see Nicaragua's plans for a Grand Canal as a boon for an ailing land; others predict ecological catastrophe. A nation divided | Science 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z There will be presentations on Buddhism, the Grand Canal in Hangzhou and General Yue Fei, among others. Huskies’ season-opening trip to China includes class work 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z This is the final resting stop,” Tacopina told The Associated Press by phone after posing for pictures beside Venice’s Grand Canal, with gondolas in the background. After leaving Bologna, NY lawyer Tacopina buys Venice’s club 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The journey took us along the Grand Canal which runs through the state - the putrid smell of its filthy water is overpowering. The women vanishing without a trace - BBC News 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z The Italian eyewear group Luxottica will pay to restore and maintain the only wooden bridge over Venice's Grand Canal, becoming the latest in a string of private companies to put money into Italy's fragile landmarks. Luxottica sets its sights on restoring Venice bridge 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The descendants of the famous heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim will on Tuesday launch a court appeal over her sumptuous collection of works housed in an 18th-century palace on Venice’s Grand Canal. Guggenheim descendants in French court over priceless art treasures 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Grand Canal Square in Dublin marked the beginning of the development of the Dublin Docklands. Q&A With Architect Martha Schwartz 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The Nicaragua Grand Canal will be a project of unprecedented magnitude. Nicaragua Constructs Enormous Canal, Blind to its Environmental Cost 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The historical building is the last palazzo built on the Grand Canal before the collapse of the Republic of Venice. A Gastronomic Tour Of Venice With Gritti Palace Chef Daniele Turco 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z From the Grand Canal square area, with its scenographic modern buildings, to the new pubs and businesses along the banks of the Liffey, the city is vibrant with life. Web Summit 2014: What I liked, And What I Liked Less 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Photos of her showing off her wedding ring — and legs — on the Grand Canal with her actor-director husband were beamed around the world. Stars at S. Laurent, Valli makes Clooney wife coup 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The ceremony was celebrated in a hotel overlooking the famous Grand Canal. George Clooney marries in Venice 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The cost of the Nicaragua Grand Canal construction is estimated at $50 billion. Nicaragua Constructs Enormous Canal, Blind to its Environmental Cost 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Manfré was riled at suggestions in local media but not independently confirmed that authorities considered closing the Grand Canal to all traffic. Venice welcomes George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin for wedding weekend 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The authorities are now planning a major archaeological dig in the river, once part of a system of ancient waterways that developed into today's Grand Canal. China boy finds 3,000-year-old sword 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z A heady mix of clothes influenced by everything from the Grand Canal of Venice to African sunsets, from classic American icons to extremely wealthy bad boys, from pop art to concepts of duality. New York Fashion Week Spring 2015 Designer Preview 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z A breeze from the Abu Dhabi Grand Canal keeps things cool, something the fashionably laid back Lozano seems to swim in. Abu Dhabi: So Blindingly Rich It's Almost Sickening 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Rowers dressed in costume race along the Grand Canal for the Befana Regatta in Venice, Italy. Day in pictures: 6 January 2014 2014-01-06T12:25:07Z On any given day, there's continual activity on the Grand Canal, with small craft of all kinds jostling and manoeuvring on the waters, says the BBC's Alan Johnston. Venice seeks safer canal traffic 2013-08-26T18:00:51Z Welcome to the Silicon Docks, the Dublin neighborhood bordering the Grand Canal Docks, where tech giants like Google and Facebook have set down their international headquarters. Start-ups Head to Silicon Docks 2012-12-18T14:16:00Z The grounds include fountains, an orangery, glistening landscaped grass, Marie Antoinette’s cherished farm and famed gardener Andre Le Notre’s Royal Path and Grand Canal. Weird news: “Royal molecatcher” outlives Versailles king 2012-12-06T22:47:00Z Like the Grand Canal in Venice - so glorious in sunlight - they present a sad spectacle because so few lights are on in Mayfair or Belgravia at night. Wealth tax: small deeds work better than big talk, Nick 2012-08-29T12:19:38Z She said it was the Grand Canal at Venice. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z He moved into a studio in the old palace of the Duke of Milan, at San Samuele on the Grand Canal, where he remained for sixteen years. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Not only the Grand Canal, but every other work of art, antiquity, and manufacture, has been injured and allowed to fall into decay by the Manchoo dynasty. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z In a small room in an old Venetian Palace on the banks of the Grand Canal, a workman is holding back the tide. Italy's cuts may threaten Venice 2012-02-23T23:27:51Z He called to me that we must wait, and I saw one or two gondolas hurrying up the Grand Canal, carried along by the tide, the men rowing hard. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Last April the Emperor made a visit to Venice, and was received by Victor Emmanuel, and was rowed up the Grand Canal with a state which recalled the pomp of her ancient days of glory. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z He had grown tired of his home on the Grand Canal, and, longing for the open country, hired a house in the northern suburbs. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z At Kwa-chow they captured more than a thousand junks laden with tribute grain on its way to Pekin by the Grand Canal. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The Grand Canal is a green and gleaming vista of desertion. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z He had bathed from the Lido and dreamed on the Grand Canal. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The Grand Canal, which is nearly two miles long, is lined with palaces, such as no modern capital can approach in costliness and splendor. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z These ladies occupied rooms on the third floor of a palace on the Grand Canal, not far below the Piazzetta. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z Situated on the crossing of the Peiho and the Grand Canal, this is one of the most important towns of China. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z And how about the first hour up the Grand Canal in Venice? In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The Grand Canal, which connects Peking with the Yangtze River basin and Hangchau, was completed. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Thus sunk in reverie, we floated along the watery streets, past the Rialto, and under the Bridge of Sighs, to the Hotel Danieli on the Grand Canal, just behind the Palace of the Doges. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z IN 188- the American Consul at Venice was occupying the second story of an old palace on the Grand Canal. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The boat left the bank amid the laments of those present, and proceeded slowly down the Grand Canal, the wind driving the mists of the Marais towards it as it advanced. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z “For this reason,” writes Mr. Sandilands, who was working on the job at the time, “our ‘Grand Canal’ was practically useless. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z There are only three bridges cross the Grand Canal which divides the city into pretty nearly equal halves. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Well, fair and beautiful ladies, are you quite ready for a sail on the Grand Canal? The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z The eastern route, which runs alongside the ancient Grand Canal, is expected to be operational by 2013. China Dam Didn?t Worsen Climate Change, Study Says 2011-11-12T21:52:07Z Not only on the Grand Canal, but in many of the quiet byways of the Silent City, one comes across beautiful examples of that entrancing style of fa�ade, the Venetian Gothic. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The first evening was spent in passing through the Grand Canal and seeing the wonderful palaces on either side. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z It stands nearly at the entrance of the Grand Canal. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z We’ve got uncontrollable tourism … and the Grand Canal has become an aquatic superhighway for boats. Italy?s Luxury Bailout 2011-07-17T14:00:00Z The beauty of Guardi's great picture, Regatta on the Grand Canal, is much diminished by the attitude of the gondoliers, who all hold their poles in the same position. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z As the gondola glides swiftly over the waters of the great highway of Venice there comes into sight a group of palaces which occupies the only real angle of the Grand Canal. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z It was a beautiful night, with a clear sky overhead and twinkling lights bobbing along the Grand Canal, as gondolas passed up and down filled with happy passengers. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z The train must not approach nearer than the head of the Grand Canal. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z It is a lovely, cool, clear summer morning; I sit at my window on the Grand Canal, and before my eyes rises in glorious beauty the incomparable outline of Sta. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Benedict was later rowed across Venice's Grand Canal in a luxury gondola. Holy oar 2011-05-08T16:51:23Z Take the old Merchants' Exchange Hall away from dirty, cobbled Main Street, set it up, instead, in Venice, beside the Grand Canal, and watch the tourist from St. Louis stop his gondola to gaze! Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z It was drawn from the opposite side of the Grand Canal, and the lines of its traceries are therefore given as they appear in somewhat distant effect. The Seven Lamps of Architecture 2011-04-20T02:00:20.760Z We were out in the Grand Canal, and the sight was, to say the least, most interesting. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z She writes me full accounts of Venetian Carnival doings,—masques and gondoliers, &c, &c., and music on the Grand Canal till daybreak. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z But yet, in the full sunlight, what can be more fairylike than the Grand Canal, or those glittering lagoons whose waves seem made of liquid light! Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z One sunny day, as he was sailing in the Grand Canal in a gondola with Stella, he pointed to a beautiful old palazzo. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z The Chinese government planners wanted a diverse assortment of properties, and Sands has delivered, building the Venetian Arena, the Grand Canal Shoppes and the Four Seasons apartments. Special Report: The Macau Connection 2011-03-11T04:44:33Z Along the Grand Canal, illuminated by gay little lanterns, glided a gondola whence the song proceeded. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z The carnival continues until midnight with a parade of gondolas and other boats along the Grand Canal as far as St Mark's Square. Venice Carnival 2011-03-08T17:41:55Z She wants me to get him into the "Grand Canal." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z The pretty little salon into which he conducted her looked out upon the Grand Canal and past the church of Santa Maria della Salute upon the Lido. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z The last time I heard that," said Jack, musingly, "was one night when returning home from a late party, along the Grand Canal at Venice. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z She has walked several times up and down the garden as far as the breast-work that separates it from the Grand Canal. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z During the Qing Dynasty, the silk was shipped north to Beijing by boat along the Grand Canal. Jili Journal: Silk Craft Fades in Village That Clothed Emperors 2010-10-12T02:52:00Z Instead, catch a traghetto, the gondola ferries that cross the Grand Canal for as little as a euro. Venice Biennale 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z Athy�, a town in Ireland, county of Kildare, 37 miles south-west of Dublin, on the Barrow, which is here joined by the Grand Canal. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Geographically, Shanghai commands the trade of the middle coast, the immense Yangtse Valley, and the Grand Canal. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse The lamps are gleaming red along the Grand Canal, and their broken reflections quiver in long streaks upon the waters of the lagoon. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z A moment later they had glided up a narrow waterway and emerged again upon the Grand Canal. The Gambler A Novel There is also a water-course leading from the Grand Canal to the sea, and a long depression much below the general average, thinly occupied by villages, because it is liable to serious inundation. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Her ships sailed up the Yangtsze, and captured the tribute junks going up the Grand Canal with revenue to Peking, thus stopping a great part of China's income. The Opium Monopoly It was a relief to her, after crossing the ugly iron bridge over the Grand Canal, to find herself in the shadowed by-ways. Shadows of Flames A Novel The next morning after breakfast Erika stood again at her window, looking out upon the magnificence of the palaces bordering the Grand Canal, and upon the dark, sluggish water. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z She ordered the gondolier, who was not the same as on the previous occasion, to take a circuit by the Grand Canal, and afterwards to land her in a certain rio at Santa Margherita. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Imagine an Anglo-Indian official, whose knowledge of Oriental races and traits is profound, in charge of the ferries for a single stretch, say of the Grand Canal. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology It 's a cruel pity that her fortune is all in the Grand Canal—I mean Canal debentures. Jack Hinton The Guardsman As they went up the Grand Canal towards the Rio San Vio, where she had taken a flat, the Vesper bells began to ring. Shadows of Flames A Novel The National Gallery, London, has five pictures by him, notably the “View on the Grand Canal, Venice,” and 172 the “Regatta on the Grand Canal.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" A picturesque oasis of old Martian charm, situated on the beauteous Grand Canal in the heart of Marsport. The Holes and John Smith We took our place in the Grand Canal passage-boat for Edenderry; and wrapping ourselves up in our virtue, and another thin garment they call a Zephyr, began our journey. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Here the Grand Canal terminates by another spacious Basin, filled with boats. Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York She could see it rushing like a host with lances down the Grand Canal, past the palace of Don Carlos. Shadows of Flames A Novel The remains were conveyed along the Grand Canal, amid the most impressive pageantry of grief, to the railroad station, and thence transported by a special funeral train to Baireuth. Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians The two largest, whose greatest length is from east to west, are divided by the Grand Canal, upon which axe situated most of the palaces and important public buildings. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Go down the Grand Canal in Venice in the grey spring of the year, in a gondola, all by yourself. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium Next in importance to the Yangtsze-kiang as a water highway is the Yun-ho, or, as it is generally known in Europe, the Grand Canal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Our Shylock has a palace on the Grand Canal. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 Last night I sat in a gondola on Venice's Grand Canal, drinking it all in, and life never seemed so full before. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories An imposing pile, on the Grand Canal, of Renaissance Gothic, but of little merit in the details; and the effect of its traceries has been of late destroyed by the fittings of modern external blinds. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) You may see hope beyond the gondola and the Grand Canal. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium It was the deeper channel, just in front of the Ducal Palace, continuing the line of the great water street itself which the Venetians spoke of as “the Grand Canal.” The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), From one of these salons, looking out on the Grand Canal, is an alcove, formerly used as the private chapel of the Rezzonico. The Brownings Their Life and Art Gay-colored boats flitted here and there on the Grand Canal, and overhead the birds of Venus sailed in the warm air. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists Its apse is on the little canal crossing from the Grand Canal to the Giudecca, beside the Church of the Salute, and is very characteristic of the rude ecclesiastical Gothic contemporary with the Ducal Palace. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Floated way off out of that Grand Canal and disappeared in the mists and shadows of the past, and you have to go back there to see ’em. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Such arcades are of perpetual occurrence; the one in the Plate was taken from a small palace on the Grand Canal, nearly opposite the Casa Foscari. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), To describe his paintings is to describe Venice at every hour of the day and night—Venice with its long array of noble palaces, with its Grand Canal and its narrow, picturesque waterways. The Venetian School of Painting Voices drifted up from the Grand Canal, and now and then the sound of bells. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists An exquisite form of the same period, but showing still more advanced naturalism, from a very early group of third order windows, near the Church of St. Eustachio on the Grand Canal. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Venice is built on seventy-two islands besides the Grand Canal which takes the place of our avenues and streets. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife He walked to where the water-alley met the deeper Grand Canal, and let himself slide down with a soft, subdued splash. Dreamers of the Ghetto The composition shows the utmost freedom: the fair Queen leans back, surrounded by laughing patricians, who look up from their balconies, as if they were attending a regatta on the Grand Canal. The Venetian School of Painting This palace was on the Grand Canal below the Accad�mia, and here he returned through two or three subsequent years. Italy, the Magic Land Byzantine restored house on Grand Canal, lower arcade. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The Grand Canal is the largest and finest of all the water-ways which thread the city. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader Attentions paid to the Embassy.—Observations on the Climate and Plains of Pe-tche-lee.—Plants of.—Diet and Condition of the People.—Burying-place.—Observation on Chinese Cities.—Trackers of the Yachts.—Entrance of the Grand Canal. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Simon knew that the doge's palace was more than half a mile down the avenue along this bank of the Grand Canal, and the prospect of the ambassadors parading that distance alarmed him again. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel One looks across the Grand Canal to the beautiful Church of Santa Maria della Salute. Italy, the Magic Land Excepting the Grand Canal, the canals are narrow, and make innumerable sharp turns; so that it requires more skill to steer a gondola than it does to row, if such a thing is possible. Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Oh, Mother, I can't sit at the window and watch the gondolas on the Grand Canal without wishing to ride in one," replied Edith. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader We pushed off, and were soon gliding along on the Grand Canal. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge They were practically rebuilding, you might say, the Grand Canal in China. The American Empire Even the hotel becomes an enchanted palace whose salons, luxuriously decorated, open by long windows on marble balconies overhanging the Grand Canal. Italy, the Magic Land The guide, indicating a picture of the Grand Canal: This one has been restored. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life And you say that Nicolo wishes to buy my boat; and that he will pay for it after he has carried many passengers under the three bridges of the Grand Canal, and to the Lido. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader In about a quarter of an hour we turned out of the Grand Canal, and began threading our way amid those innumerable narrow channels which traverse Venice in all directions. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Chinkiangfoo, at the entrance of the Grand Canal, and Yangchow, on the north bank of the river, also fell into their hands. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The main street in the city is the Grand Canal, and in this canal come all sorts of people with all sorts of water-crafts. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures I wrote the other day to Li Hung Chang to protest against the railway from Ichang to Peking along the Grand Canal. The Life of Gordon, Volume II The Grand Canal, Venice Notice the mooring-posts and the black gondola. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader It would be diminished and cast into the shade were another Imperial commander to defeat Chung Wang and close the line of the Grand Canal. The Life of Gordon, Volume I The same remark applies with greater force to the American loan for the conservency of a portion of the Grand Canal. Peking Dust Turner shows in this picture the Grand Canal filled with ships from other countries with gaily colored flags fluttering in the breeze. The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures The picture represents the annual parade on the Grand Canal, with the Rialto in the background, which is always the rallying centre on such occasions. Shepp's Photographs of the World "Perhaps my boat knows of all the gay sights that are waiting for it in the Grand Canal," the boy thought idly. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader They abandoned Hankow, and confined their occupation of the river banks to the part between Kiukiang and Nanking; but they determined to secure the Grand Canal, which enters the river east of the city. The Life of Gordon, Volume I The scene of the first, the 'Miracle of the Patriarch of Grado' as it is called, lies on the Grand Canal immediately in front of the Rialto. Stray Studies from England and Italy One sees a few Turks smoking and drinking their coffee here, but they are all obliged to dine and sleep in one house, which is on the Grand Canal, and called the Casa dei Turchi. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I The most important water-way is the Grand Canal, extending from Hang Chow to Tientsin. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Without answering, Edith balanced her camera upon the railing of the balcony and snapped a picture of the two columns in the Piazzetta, near a landing place of the Grand Canal. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader Leaving the Grand Canal and the Great Wall, we will pass on to the lakes of China. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics A whole world seems to part those dreary flats broken with lifeless inlets, those patches of sodden fields flung shapelessly among sheets of sullen water, from the life and joy of the Grand Canal. Stray Studies from England and Italy We also made an interesting expedition one morning to the Venetian Glass and Mosaic Works on the Grand Canal. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta And from farther away still, from the Grand Canal and from the waters of the Giudecca, black barks came floating, and silently joined the growing throng. A Venetian June Four hundred years ago there was no place in the whole world where so much pomp and magnificence could be seen as in St. Mark's Square and on the Grand Canal. Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader The Great Wall is better known to all the world than the Grand Canal as a peculiarly Chinese wonder, and every school boy and girl has heard of it. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Fra Alberto, hearing this and guessing what was to do, started up and having no other resource, opened a window, which gave upon the Grand Canal, and cast himself thence into the water. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio The Rialto is a graceful double bridge of white marble, which by a single span bridges the Grand Canal, leading from the bustling market-place to the opposite side, which is almost as busy. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta I suppose," Pauline remarked, as they came out upon the Grand Canal, "that, in a deep sense, artificial things,—of the good kind,—are just as natural as things we have no control over. A Venetian June "People who have been here speak only about the Grand Canal, and the Piazza of St. Mark, and the Bridge of Sighs." Rafael in Italy A Geographical Reader Tien-tsin is the terminus of the Grand Canal in the north, and they passed through a small portion of it into the river. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Never did Pompeo take a tourist down the Grand Canal that he did not exalt in his best Italian and French the beauties of yonder empty palace. The Lure of the Mask We chartered a gondola and rode by moonlight through the Grand Canal and followed the traditional course of visitors. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. They were rowing up the Grand Canal, one Sunday afternoon, Geof and his mother, on their way to the festa, which was timed for the latter part of the day. A Venetian June Sailing with him one morning in a gondola along the Grand Canal, we saw sitting before a hotel its porter, who was an unmistakable American man of full colour. Memoirs The Blonde was anchored off the mouth of the Grand Canal, and her boats had been employed in the morning in landing the artillery brigade. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign For the far gondola was heading for the Grand Canal. The Lure of the Mask From another son, Conrad, are descended the Cavallis of Venice, whose palace has been the principal material from which recent searchers for the picturesque in Venice compose pictures of the Grand Canal. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Geoffry asked, as they came out upon the broad bosom of the Grand Canal. A Venetian June Having been conveyed in one to my hotel on the Grand Canal, I felt that I at last held it! Memoirs They have forgotten that their fathers conquered all the Middle Kingdom and digged in yellow earth the Grand Canal on which the junks of the Chinese still ply. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The first loop of the Grand Canal was turned; still Pompeo made no effort to seek the smaller canals. The Lure of the Mask There were the moving gondolas, the narrow water streets, and the glorious dome of Del Salute directly opposite across the sparkling expanse of the Grand Canal. The Story of Glass I repeat it again, when I was on the Grand Canal in Venice, I didn't see the Grand Canal.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The Grand Canal is four miles long, lined with palaces on either side. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends And Billy, his brother, five years younger than himself, whom he had promised to bring a flask of water from the Grand Canal on Mars. Stand by for Mars! Up the Grand Canal, past the brilliant hotels. The Lure of the Mask Promptly at the hour set the gondola glided up to the steps of the Grand Canal Hotel where Jean and Hannah were waiting. The Story of Glass The painting on the easel is a view of Venice on the Grand Canal.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy With the help of his new force he determined to besiege the ancient town of Soo-chow, situated on the Grand Canal and close to the Tai-ho, or great lake. The Red Book of Heroes They lived in the Foscarini palace, a huge building with red walls and casements of white stone that opened on a little alley of water adjoining the Grand Canal. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Here Merrihew found one of his dreams come true, and his first vision of the Grand Canal, with its gondolas and barges and queer little bobtailed skiffs, was never to leave him. The Lure of the Mask We pass out through a spacious doorway, and directly below, and in front, see the Grand Canal, bordered on its farther shore by palaces and other noble structures of white marble. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) That evening as the darkness gathered and twinkling lights began to appear like fireflies, up and down the Grand Canal, I sat in a little balcony of my hotel watching the scene. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters She told it to me as we sat one evening in the balcony of her house, the palazzo Orfeo, on the Grand Canal. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors Renovales and his wife occupied the apartment nearest the Grand Canal. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) The Grand Canal was closely packed with gondolas, which, for once, disregarded the sumptuary law that enforced black as their only hue, and shone in a mass of colour. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century The Grand Canal of Venice is the most wonderful thing in the world. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) As her gondola entered the Grand Canal, she was welcomed with a deafening fanfare of trumpets, the crash of musical bands, and the shouts of a vast multitude. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens Not that it is all canal proper, some of it being canalised river and loughs; but 154 miles are canal pure and simple, the undisputed property of the Grand Canal Company. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland Seated there with my two ladies, we speedily proceeded along the Grand Canal towards the hotel last mentioned, to try if we could obtain accommodation in it. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 How else could he have known of the exact time at which they would be passing along the Grand Canal? The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century From the Grand Canal we enter a narrow street. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) There, too, are many views of regattas which of old were held on the Grand Canal but now belong to the canal of the Giudecca. A Wanderer in Venice Those of Pharaoh might do better; for the canals—and particularly the Grand Canal—are sufficiently capacious and extensive for his whole host. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals I wrote to a lady at Venice this morning though, to say, however I might be charmed by the sweets of Arno's side, I could not forbear regretting the Grand Canal. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I "You remember my cousin Maria Polani, whom we met the other evening on the Grand Canal?" The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century They have crossed the Grand Canal, and roost and croon among the volutes of the Salute, or, in wild weather, wheel high and airly above its domes. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) All these little canals have palaces of their own, not less beautiful than those of the Grand Canal but more difficult to see. A Wanderer in Venice I was at the Europa, formerly the Giustiniani Palace, with better air than those on the Grand Canal, and a more unobstructed view than Danieli's. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe There is only one Grand Canal and only one Pitti Palace. Science in Arcady Gondolas lighted by lanterns, or by torches held by servitors, passed constantly backwards and forwards beneath his window, and by leaning out he could see the passing lights of those on the Grand Canal. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century "I daresay," laughed Foscari, "but I remember that you were not too lazy to save me from drowning when I fell into the Grand Canal in carnival." Marietta A Maid of Venice In another chapter I speak of the bridge as seen from the Grand Canal, which it so nobly leaps. A Wanderer in Venice So we dropped Arthur—dropped him, so to speak, into the Grand Canal, and I really felt callous at the time as to whether he should ever come up again. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') We tore down the Grand Canal from end to end, almost cheek by jowl with the royalties; the M.-A. was quite jubilant when she heard we had had such "good places." An Englishwoman's Love-Letters Francis asked his friend one evening, as the latter, who was sitting with him in his gondola, while Giuseppi rowed them along the Grand Canal, half rose and saluted two girls in a passing gondola. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century That was past, of course, but the rest remained, and it was much to sacrifice for the sake of becoming a Contarini, and living on the Grand Canal with a man she should always despise. Marietta A Maid of Venice He died in the famous Foscari palace on the Grand Canal and, in spite of his recent degradation, was given a Doge's funeral. A Wanderer in Venice The magnificent waterway, the Grand Canal, remains an imperishable monument of the Mongol Page 134 sway. The Awakening of China My garden stretches down to the Grand Canal, closed at the end with a pavilion, where I lounge and smoke and watch the cornice of the Prefettura fretted with gold in sunset light. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series His window looked down upon one of the canals running into the Grand Canal. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century He would perhaps be on the Grand Canal in Venice at the hour when all the patricians were taking the air. Marietta A Maid of Venice The first thing is to cross the Grand Canal, either by ferry or a steamer to the Salute, and then all is easy. A Wanderer in Venice The same is probably true of the Grand Canal. The Awakening of China Beyond the palace and the surrounding gardens lay the park in which the Grand Trianon was built, of marble, near the bank of the Grand Canal. The Story of Versailles "We have sent for you, Francisco Hammond, in order that you may, if you can, identify a body which was found last night, floating in the Grand Canal." The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century The sun was now low, and as the light craft shot out at last upon the Grand Canal, the breeze came up from the land, cool and refreshing. Marietta A Maid of Venice And ever the water dances and there are hints of the great sea, of which the Grand Canal, on the other side of the Dogana, is ignorant. A Wanderer in Venice I accordingly steered for the Mecca of Shantung, and, having paid my respects to the memory of China's greatest sage, struck the Grand Canal and proceeded to Shanghai. The Awakening of China The guests were conveyed in superbly decorated gondolas down the Grand Canal. The Story of Versailles When the gondola again came up to them they swept round to the left, and as their pursuers followed they headed for the Grand Canal. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century Out on the Grand Canal, in the gondola which had again been placed at our disposal, his passion for "documents" that might bear on his work was quickly manifested. A Christmas Garland At the first blush, of course, one would say on the Grand Canal; but there are objections to this. A Wanderer in Venice A strong detachment was sent north by way of the Grand Canal. The Awakening of China The borders of the Grand Canal were adorned with statues and architectural decorations, behind which lights had been placed to make them transparent. The Story of Versailles The boat they were following again passed under the Ponto Maggiore, and for some distance followed the line of the Grand Canal. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century We spent an evening together on the Grand Canal and he talked all the time most interestingly on the drainage system of Barrow-in-Furness. Septimus Of the Grand Canal balconies, the most beautiful of which is, I think, that which belongs to this little palace, no one has written more prettily than that early commentator, Coryat. A Wanderer in Venice She owned a palace in Styria, and another on the Grand Canal at Venice, where she gave popular parties. France in the Nineteenth Century In the warm season the Court often took part in a promenade by boat on the Grand Canal, followed by a concert and a feast for the ladies at Trianon or at the Menagerie. The Story of Versailles Francis was much pleased with this concession, for the obligation to return at ten o'clock, just when the temperature was most delightful and the Grand Canal at its gayest, had been very irksome to him. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century The sea-wind was still warm and gusty, and the waves in the Grand Canal beat against the marble feet of its palaces. The Marriage of William Ashe Later we shall see the palace where Wagner died, which also is on the Grand Canal. A Wanderer in Venice View on the Grand Canal, Venice, by Canaletti: this is, perhaps, the ne plus ultra of the master, and is the property of that distinguished patron of the fine arts—Lord Farnborough. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 It is situated on the lower reach of the Grand Canal. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 01, January 1895 The Gothic Palaces of Venice It was in our little garden; the moon was high above the houses opposite, and the narrow canal running past our side railing into the Grand Canal was a shining streak of silver. Miss Bretherton At last she found her way through narrow passages, past hidden and historic buildings, to the back of the palace on the Grand Canal in which their rooms were. The Marriage of William Ashe To me the Grand Canal is the river of Venice—its Thames, its Seine, its Arno. A Wanderer in Venice After the exertions attending these, Wagner and his wife, their son Siegfried, Liszt and other friends, went to Italy and occupied the Vendramin Palace, on the Grand Canal, Venice. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians This palace, situated opposite the Academy of Arts on the Grand Canal, also dates from the fifteenth century. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 01, January 1895 The Gothic Palaces of Venice Just drifting down the Grand Canal and listening to the gondoliers; and incidentally, waiting for you. The Rules of the Game The serenata in honor of Italy's beautiful princess duly made its way to the Grand Canal. The Marriage of William Ashe During a stay in Venice of however short a time one is so often on the Grand Canal that a knowledge of its palaces should come early. A Wanderer in Venice Through the Grand Canal and under the Rialto they glided to the opening port beyond. James Fenimore Cooper It communicates with the Grand Canal by two branch canals. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 The other was a foolish request that no foreign troops should pass Tungchow—a town on the Grand Canal about fifteen miles from the capital. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition He carried a watering-pot wherewith he was about to minister to some straggling flowers in the windows fronting the Grand Canal. The Marriage of William Ashe When I was living near S. Sebastiano, on my way home at night the gondolier used to take me up the Grand Canal as far as the Foscari lantern and then to the left. A Wanderer in Venice I suppose there were from six to eight thousand boys driving then on the "Grand Canal" alone, as it was called. Vandemark's Folly The wall is a stupendous piece of work, and should take an equal share of fame with the Grand Canal and the Great Wall of China, as its engineering difficulties were certainly infinitely greater…. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 This was one of those typical water cities of Central China, walled in of course and with a canal—the Grand Canal in this case—doing duty for a moat. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition It seemed that a body had been discovered early on the preceding morning floating in one of the small canals connecting the Fondamente Nuove with the Grand Canal. The Marriage of William Ashe It seems that one of the most devoted worshippers in this minute temple was the little Contessa Tagliapietra, whose home was on the other side of the Grand Canal. A Wanderer in Venice Still others of the same general character are: "A Gondola," "At St. Mark's," "Grand Canal," "Morning at Sea," etc. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. They had soon entered the Grand Canal, and the gondolier looked to his employer for instructions. Venetia The only two means of reaching the capital were by springless cart over the grey alkali plains, or by boat along the Grand Canal. Sir Robert Hart The Romance of a Great Career, 2nd Edition The Ashes had rooms on the first bend of the Grand Canal looking south. The Marriage of William Ashe The steamer does not leave the Grand Canal except to enter the lagoon; and therefore the injustice that it does to the gondolier is limited to depriving him of his Grand Canal fares. A Wanderer in Venice The graceful buildings which overhang the Grand Canal are exactly fitted for an oligarchy, sure of its own authority and loved of the people. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts They moved forward towards the Grand Canal in silence. The Bent Twig And let off fireworks on the Grand Canal, and engage all the gondolas for the occasion— MAR. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Here were the hotels, with other illuminated boats in front of their steps, whence spoiled voices shouted, "Santa Lucia," till even Venice and the Grand Canal became a vulgarity and a weariness. The Marriage of William Ashe The Grand Canal has for long had its steamers, and when they were installed there was a desperate outcry, led by Ruskin. A Wanderer in Venice The Eureka! is a small four story townhouse with only 16 rooms that overlooked the Amstel, the largest canal in Amsterdam, similar to the Grand Canal in Venice. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel In the glowing yellow gold of the sky, a faintly whirring dark-gray spot appeared: an airman made his way above the Grand Canal, passed above the Château, and disappeared. The Bent Twig We swept in the course of five minutes into the Grand Canal; whereupon she uttered a murmur of ecstasy as fresh as if she had been a tourist just arrived. The Aspern Papers I was disturbed at my piano by the hoarse voices and the scraping of violins which rose from one of those music-boats that station at night under the hotels of the Grand Canal. Hauntings Sightseers now claim the palace, and the administrators of Venetian affairs meet in the Municipio, or Town Hall, on the Grand Canal. A Wanderer in Venice It was accurately copied from one of the sumptuous structures of Scamozzi, or Sansovino, or Palladio, which adorn the Grand Canal of Venice. Vivian Grey They were within sight of the Grand Canal again, looking down from the terrace of the Trianon. The Bent Twig While they watched with fascinated eyes, he would trace a diagram in the pavement to show how the Grand Canal, in its wanderings, exactly describes the letter "S." Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon Before he had fully recaptured the distant memory attaching to the house in question, the boat had entered the Grand Canal, and was passing slowly up the broad waterway with palaces on either hand. Casanova's Homecoming Once there was a campanile too, but it fell into the Grand Canal some hundred and seventy years ago, causing a tidal wave which flung gondolas clean out of the water. A Wanderer in Venice I was inclined to be poetical about the Grand Canal. Sketches from Memory (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") She would not let Paul go on to the loggia overlooking the Grand Canal. Three Weeks There were to be fireworks on the water, and Paolo had offered his old gondola that they might join the gay crowds on the Grand Canal. Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon Through the window, from the Grand Canal and the lesser canals, rose the manifold noises of Venetian life. Casanova's Homecoming On the Grand Canal alone there must be a hundred of the little pensive watchers that sit on the balustrades peering down. A Wanderer in Venice The Grand Canal was finished by Kublai Khan, and thus Peking was connected with Southern China. Outline of Universal History That night, as they looked from the loggia on the Grand Canal after dinner, the moonlight making things almost light as day, Dmitry begged admittance from the doorway of the great salon. Three Weeks Again gay laughter is heard on the Grand Canal. Chico: the Story of a Homing Pigeon The little shops were full of people, the boatmen reviled one another in the narrow canals as they squeezed past, the vaporetti and the motor-boats snorted up and down the Grand Canal. The World Decision This is the town where the Merchant of Venice used to do business, and the home of Shylock, a broker, who sheared the Venetian lamb at the corner of the Rialto and the Grand Canal. Remarks You are thinking that back there, up the Grand Canal, lie fame and accomplishment. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories It was a beautiful apartment that Dmitry had found for them on the Grand Canal in Venice, in an old palace looking southwest. Three Weeks The Grand Canal leads to St. Mark's Cathedral, brilliant with mosaic pictures, the Campanile, or bell tower, and the Doge's Palace. Early European History In another half-hour the sirens shrieked again and the machine gun on the roof of the Papadopoli Palace just below on the Grand Canal began to sputter. The World Decision I don't know anything more affecting except a procession of lantern-lit gondolas and barges on the Grand Canal. A Foregone Conclusion They were outside the city wash; the notes of the band in San Marco came at intervals; the water slipped noiselessly around the channels, and fire-fly lights from the gondolas twinkled on the Grand Canal. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories It is intersected by a system of canals like Venice, and has a Grand Canal of its own, of as stately breadth as that of the capital. Venetian Life The main highway is still the Grand Canal, nearly two miles long and lined with palaces and churches. Early European History Before the detachment had arrived at Tientsin, it was met on the Grand Canal by a strong force under Sengkolinsin, the Mongol prince. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents My rambles were confined to the section intervening between the palace and the Bassin d'Apollon, which is at the nearer end of the Grand Canal. The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany "The storm must have burst, tears shed, tempers cooled, mortification set in," I remarked, as we were being shoved up the Grand Canal toward the Palazzo Palladio. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories And will the reader mention any house with modern improvements in America which has also windows, with pointed arches of marble, opening upon balconies that overhang the Grand Canal? Venetian Life Over the mantel-piece hung an etching of the Grand Canal at Venice. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch This dividing artery, from its superior size and depth, and its greater importance, is called the Grand Canal. The Bravo This is not the Erie Canal, but the Grand Canal of Venice. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 36, December 3, 1870 He could show us the very place in a palace on the Grand Canal where it had hung for four hundred years. Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories The Judgment of Paris, and the Triumph of the Marine Goddesses had been represented at his expense on the Grand Canal, with great acceptance. Venetian Life "They were all as cool under heavy shell fire as if they had been rowing on the Grand Canal." With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement Gelsomina had ascended the bridge, and was on the crown of its arch, when a gondolier came sweeping lazily in from the direction of the Grand Canal. The Bravo On the Grand Canal, in Venice, the gondoliers point out a palace where at his son's home, Browning died in 1889. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 Then the man, he's an old Jew on the Grand Canal—Raffman, you know him? Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories These, like all other pictures and decorations in mosaic, are completed in the establishment on the Grand Canal, and are afterward put up as wholes in the places intended for them. Venetian Life He left the palace on the Grand Canal and bought a home north of Venice, with beautiful gardens attached, and there he lived and worked, entertaining the most illustrious men. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People The gondola of the old man was found in the mouth of the Grand Canal, half a league from the body and against the wind! The Bravo There he supplied himself with suits of the finest Milanese armor he could obtain, and a wardrobe consisting of costumes such as were in vogue with the gay gallants along the Grand Canal. The Prince of India — Volume 02 For many years past, however, and especially since the carriage of tribute-rice by steamers along the coast began, repairs of the Grand Canal have been practically abandoned. China On the sunlit Riva during winter, and on the Grand Canal in summer, they are costly enough, but they are to be found on nearly all the squares at reasonable rates. Venetian Life The dotted line shows the present Grand Canal; the part between the Yang-tsz and Hwai Rivers was made by the King of Wu. Ancient China Simplified The boat was in the Grand Canal, and far on its way to the place of its destination, before this happy purification of the intellects of the gondolier had been sufficiently effected. The Bravo This double character, which is particularly strong in the Grand Canal, adds a difficulty to any control of one's notes. Italian Hours The length of the Grand Canal from Tientsin to Hangchow is 650 miles. China At last we had passed abruptly out of the Grand Canal into one of the smaller channels, and from comparative light into a darkness only remotely affected by some far-streaming corner lamp. Venetian Life The palace still stands, and is yet one of the most noble in Italy, vying in picturesqueness with those marble piles that line the Grand Canal at Venice. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Yes, they play politics prettily on the Grand Canal—the finest street in Europe. Without Prejudice It is the beginning of his experience, but it is the end of the Grand Canal. Italian Hours Some of these, such as the Grand Canal, from the Hoangho to the Yangtsekiang, are splendid specimens of human labor, and could be made as useful today as they were when first constructed. China Long before I had dealings with him, I knew him by the superb song, or rather incantation, with which he announced his coming on the Grand Canal. Venetian Life I sat in a gondola with the lady of the grey pongee to hear the singing on the Grand Canal;—not, it is true, at her feet, but upon a little chair beside her mother. The Beautiful Lady The east bank of the Grand Canal, between Yangchow and Hwaianfu, is itself a great levee, holding back the waters to the west above the eastern plain, diverting them south, into the Yangtse kiang. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan There is as little mystery about the Grand Canal as about our local thoroughfare, and the name of St. Mark is as familiar as the postman's ring. Italian Hours It would be diminished and cast into the shade were another imperial commander to defeat Chung Wang and close the line of the Grand Canal. China Nay, what potenter magic needs my Venice to revivify her past whenever she will, than the serpent cunning of her Grand Canal? Venetian Life Next came the long sail through the twists and turns of the Grand Canal. My Life — Volume 2 The heavy barred black line extending from Hangchow in the south to Tientsin in the north represents the Grand Canal which has a length of more than eight hundred miles. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan We shall fish in the Grand Canal at Venice and wear out our shoes prancing about Florence on a still hunt for old masters. Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School To attain this object in a still more perfect manner they occupied Chinkiangfoo at the entrance to the Grand Canal. China He had cut adrift from old moorings, and had crossed the Grand Canal. Venetian Life The Grand Canal did not stir me as it has stirred some—so far back as '84 I could remember when Jefferson Street at home looked almost exactly like that. Europe Revised The building of the Grand Canal appears to have been a comparatively recent event in Chinese history. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan After the winter diversions of cards, concerts and theatres, came the excursions to the island-gardens of the lagoon and the evening promenade of the fresca on the Grand Canal. The Valley of Decision He determined to obtain possession of the important city of Soochow, on the Grand Canal, and not very far distant from Shanghai. China It is only the English and the other tourist strangers who go by upon the Grand Canal during the day. Venetian Life The melancholy silence of the Grand Canal, on the banks of which I live in a stately palace with large rooms, is sympathetic to me. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Had the Mongolian races spread to and developed in North America instead of, or as well as, in eastern Asia, there might have been a Grand Canal, something as suggested in Fig. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan Cloaked and masked, he stepped into his gondola and was swept rapidly along the Grand Canal and through winding channels to the Giudecca. The Valley of Decision "Al-Khalíj," the name, still popular, of the Grand Canal of Cairo, whose banks, by-the-by, are quaint and picturesque as anything of the kind in Holland. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] Without doubt the most picturesque craft ever seen on the Grand Canal are the great boats of the river Po, which, crossing the lagoons from Chioggia, come up to the city with the swelling sea. Venetian Life "It is at Venice that the trouble with Balderstone is to come, and that Osborne topples him over into the Grand Canal, and rescues you from his baleful influence." A Rebellious Heroine The poor girl was still looking out of the window, and her tears fell bitterly into the black waters below, when Andrea was already steering his gondola out into the Grand Canal. Andrea Delfin They disappeared into a narrow calle, or alley, leading to the back of the buildings on the Grand Canal. A Changed Man; and other tales The next morning, upon the Grand Canal, the gondola of our three friends encountered a stately barge which, though it contained several persons, seemed pervaded mainly by one majestic presence. The Chaperon For myself, I must count as half-lost the year spent in Venice before I took a house upon the Grand Canal. Venetian Life He passed on muttering to himself, hailed a gondola, and was soon amidst the crowded waters of the Grand Canal. Zanoni It was a dark night, the bora was blowing, and on the Grand Canal, which runs by his palace, there were no gondolas at all. Andrea Delfin He seemed quite absorbed till we had turned the angle into the Grand Canal, when he broke the silence. A Changed Man; and other tales He was on his way to the station when Madame de Vaurigard's gondola shot out into the Grand Canal from a narrow channel, and at her signal both boats paused. His Own People It was in the most frequented part of the Grand Canal, where scores of boats passed and repassed; but no one molested the thieves, and these povareti escaped with their booty. Venetian Life Started for the Grand Canal—peeped down that mighty chasm, which has the appearance of an immense mass having been blown out of the centre of the mountain. A Simpleton The image was not less irritating, if less injurious, than the spectacle of a steamer in the Grand Canal, which had driven me away from Venice a year and a half before. A Little Tour in France K`ang Hsi several times visited Hangchow, returning to Tientsin by the Grand Canal, a distance of six hundred and ninety miles. China and the Manchus Shortly after sunrise, I found myself accordingly at his Palazzo, one of those huge structures of gloomy, yet fantastic pomp, which tower above the waters of the Grand Canal in the vicinity of the Rialto. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 His establishment is on the Grand Canal, not far from the Academy, and you might go by the old palace quite unsuspicious of the ancient art stirring with new life in its breast. Venetian Life So, for instance, in the year 1541, at the festival of the 'Sempiterni,' a round 'universe' floated along the Grand Canal, and a splendid ball was given inside it. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy All the sunlight will be glinting on the Grand Canal, but the little rain of China—the little rain of China will be falling in my heart... Messer Marco Polo The moon will rise above the white palaces; their innumerable lights will be reflected in the glassy surface of the Grand Canal. Penelope's Postscripts I was returning home from the Piazetta, by way of the Grand Canal. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 They are now, however, found everywhere in the city, and most of them are on the Grand Canal, where they heap together marvelous collections, and establish authenticities beyond cavil. Venetian Life Muller and Mrs. Bernauer stood a few minutes later on the banks of the Grand Canal and entered, one of the many gondolas waiting there. The Case of the Lamp That Went Out Along the Grand Canal, there is a veritable ``Vanity Fair'' filled with clothing booths and deafening with the cries of itinerant vendors. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening Tell him that Penelope and I came over from the hotel on the Grand Canal only that we might have perfect quiet. Penelope's Postscripts "This is the same fair and brave young maiden who delivered me from a rascal rout of boys on the Grand Canal at Venice, on St. Mark's Day, scarce two years ago." Historic Girls At length she dropped her hands, and staring from dry lids saw a rim of fire above the roofs across the Grand Canal. The Glimpses of the Moon The summer had waned when, with cries of ecstasy, they all passed out on the balcony that overhung the Grand Canal. The Pupil The Grand Canal was ablaze with gorgeous colors and decorations. Historic Girls |
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