I heard nothing at Tasso.

The gondolas themselves are things of a most romantic and picturesque appearance; I can only compare them to moths of which a coffin might have been the chrysalis.

They are hung with black, and painted black, and carpeted with grey; they curl at the prow and stern, and at the former there is a nondescript beak of shining steel, which glitters at the end of its long black mass.
"The Doge's Palace, with its library, is a fine monument of aristocratic power.

I saw the dungeons, where these scoundrels used to torment their victims.

They are of three kinds--one adjoining the place of trial, where the prisoners destined to immediate execution were kept.