The boatmen stand while rowing, as do the oarsmen of the Venetian gondolas, pushing, not pulling, at the oars.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
You might just as well talk about the lack of gondolas and old palaces in Boston.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland
Save for the clumsy craft of commerce, the gondolas have largely disappeared, and with them has disappeared, only temporarily, let us hope, the most picturesque feature of Venetian life.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell