There is not, in common, a more certain spot on the Lagunes than this, and yet have I long played the line in vain.

The trial of hunger is hard, but, like all other trials, it must be borne.

I have prayed to my patron thrice, and sooner or later he will listen to my wants.

Thou art used to the manners of these masked nobles, Jacopo; dost thou think them likely to hearken to reason?
I hope I did the cause no wrong for want of breeding, but I spoke them fair and plainly as fathers and men with hearts." "As senators they have none.

Thou little understandest, Antonio, the distinctions of these patricians.