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If Amsterdam or Leningrad vie for the title of Venice of the North, then Venice - what compliment is high enough? Venice, with all her civilisation and ancient beauty, Venice with her addiction to curious aquatic means of transport, yes, my friends, Venice is the Henley of the South.
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"Paying through the Doge for Europe", Daily Telegraph, 11 March 2004, p. 22.

 

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Once did She hold the gorgeous east in fee;
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