bagnio

Example Sentences

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As it was thought that I might be ransomed, the Moors placed me in a bagnio, and I was not forced to labour like those captives who had no hope of redemption.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis

Would it not be better to have chimneys, with a moderate degree of warmth, than a heat like that of a bagnio, with blind and sore eyes, and a black sooty house?

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von

He is extremely proud and rash, and not in any way a practical man; but he is not a person who ever would do anything to be sent to the bagnio or the galleys.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

How many months, years, are we still to pass in this bagnio?

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

Before I left the city I went into a bagnio, where I caused my beard and eyebrows to be shaved, and put on a calender's robe.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Winter, Milo