Venetia

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Venetia, by Benjamin DisraeliThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: VenetiaAuthor: Benjamin DisraeliRelease Date: April 2, 2004 [eBook #11869]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VENETIA***E-text prepared by the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamVENETIABY THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD, K.G.1905'Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child?' 'The child of love, though born in bitterness And nurtured in convulsion.'TOLORD LYNDHURST.In happier hours, when I first mentioned to you the idea of this Work, it was my intention, while inscribing it with yourname, to have entered into some details as to the principles which had guided me in its composition, and the feelingswith which I had attempted to shadow forth, though as 'in in a glass darkly,' two of the most renowned and refined spiritsthat have adorned these our latter days. But now I will only express a hope that the time may come when, in these pages,you may find some relaxation from the cares, and some distraction from the sorrows, of existence, and that you will thenreceive this dedication as a record of my respect and my affection.This Work was first published in the year 1837.BOOK I.CHAPTER I.Some ten years before ...