Word: offing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Towards the sea the ships had long lines of lanterns hung from their masts. Behind them, on the little island, the lights of the Armenian cloister were faintly seen. On the land side the two columns brought from the East were wreathed with light; a single band of white defined...
As far as the eye could see down the Canal, the successive lines of light, rising from the water's edge to the top of the palaces, pointed out their cornices and windows. In the city a single light from the top of the Campanile seemed like a rising star...
The mist, which still remained, gave the scene an unsubstantial, dreamy look, reminding me of the fantastic stories of the Arabian Nights.
Now my gondola carries me down the Canal in silence, only broken by the cry of some gondolier, shooting out from the shadow into the Canal. He looks like some Charon in the gloomy light of the candles looming through the mist. Soon the hum of many voices breaks on...
The houses on each side are covered with lights and transparencies, bearing the arms of the house of Savoy and the royal monogram? The bridge itself is ablaze with the national colors, red, green, and white. A mass of people on the bridge, on the embankment, and on the Canal...