cavaliere servente
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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 Robinson, Mary
A cavaliere servente to dance attendance on her ladyship day and night?
From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir
She seemed, indeed, to prefer him, as a cavaliere servente, to any of her other admirers, American or European.
From Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 by Cooper, Susan Fenimore
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 Howells, William Dean
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
