cavaliere servente
Example Sentences
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Even from sheer loneliness she accepts his attentions and allows him to drop into the acknowledged position of her cavaliere servente.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
Lord Lyttelton was my cavaliere servente that evening, though, as usual, his chief attention was paid to Mr. Robinson.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Mary Robinson
No cavaliere servente of Old Italy ever had so busy a time as the Tame Cat of the India of to-day.
From The Jungle Girl by Gordon Casserly
Behind the chair of every lady stands her cavaliere servente, or bows before her with a cup of chocolate, or, sweet abasement! stoops to adjust the foot-stool better to her satin shoe.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells
"So this is your daily cavaliere servente," added M. M., with a wry smile, turning his lorgnette upon me.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
