...mouth of the harbour, where the Doje dropped a golden ring into the water, repeating the following words : " We wed thee with this ring, in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty." Perhaps after hearing this singular history you will be able a little to understand the eagerness with...

...mouth of the harbour, where the Doge dropped a golden ring into the water, repeating the following words, " We wed thee with this ring, in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty." Perhaps after hearing this singular history you will be able a little to understand the eagerness with...

...bridegroom arose, and dropping a golden ring into the waters, wedded the sea with this beautiful greeting, " We wed thee with this ring, in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty ! " Such was the pageant, and such its origin. It was well for the people of Venice on every returning...

...Lido, at the mouth of the harbour, when a gold ring was dropped into the sea by the doge, with the words, " We wed thee with this ring, in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty." The use of such a custom it may be difficult to estimate in times when the influence of pageantry in the...

...moved down to the mouth of the harbor, where the doge dropped a ring into the bosom of the sea, with these words, "we wed thee with this ring, in token of our perpetual sovereignty." But even this poor relic of departed glory has perished ; "the spouseless Adriatic...

...moved down to the mouth of the harbor, where the doge dropped a ring into the bosom of the sea, with these words, " we wed thee with this ring, in token of our perpetual sovereignty." But even this poor relic of departed Ifcy has perished« "the spouseless Adriatic...

...wedding the city to the ocean was performed by dropping a ring into the sea, the marriage formula being these words, " We wed thee with this ring in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty." This ceremony is traceable to a victory obtained over the Turks in 1177 by the Venetians, who on their...

...gold ring into the bosom of his betrothed, espoused her with this brief but significant greeting — ' We wed thee with this ring in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty !' "Alas for time, still more alas for change !" The magnificent edifices of Venice still rise above...

...bosom of his betrothed. And proud and significant was the greeting that he offered to his bride : " We wed thee with this ring, in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty." The ceremony is retained to this day ; but the romance of the pageant fled, when the winged lion gave place...

...the mouth of the harbour, the doge dropped a ring into the bosom of the Adriatic, betrothing her by these words, " We wed thee with this ring in token of our true and perpetual sovereignty." He then returned to the church of San Nicolo di Lido, and having heard a solemn pontifical mass, re-embarked...