cavaliere servente
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"So you are not going?" cried the blonde beauty, who was particularly anxious that her cavaliere servente should be in attendance on this occasion.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Sometimes she met Felix there, who amused her after a manner by his jokes, who praised her beauty, and offered himself to her as cavaliere servente.
From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf
Teresa Mocenni at Siena, and relates to the death of Mario Bianchi, who had long been her devoted cavaliere servente.
From The Countess of Albany by Lee, Vernon
Near the convent-gate they met a Mr. Gahagan, an Irish Jacobite and the official cavaliere servente of Mme.
From The Countess of Albany by Lee, Vernon
The cavaliere servente was extinct early in this century; and men and women opened their eyes upon an era of work, the most industrious age that the world has ever seen.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean
