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Venice and its story (1910)

Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London, J. M. Dent ; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 37

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t instatecraft was now made. The Dogeship was abolished, andthe Master of the soldiers appointed head of the State fora term of one year. This new departure proved disastrous.After six years of civil discord, the last of the Masters,a Heraclean, was captured and blinded by the oppositeparty. An… … oo < a og < THE FOUNDATION AT RIALTO 11 transferred. But Heraclea and Jesolo were rivals, fierce asever, for the ducal chair. The internecine strife went onwith its savage incidents. Assassination, blinding,^ orbanishment were the price of defeat. At length, bythe election of Maurizio Galbaio…

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