bagnio

Example Sentences

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The most valiant, the most devoted, will die in the bagnio, in the Peninsula Ducos, in the Ile des Pins.

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

It bids fair to remain the same excellent school of preparation for the penitentiary and the bagnio.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper

He was guided in this task by Colonel Charrière, general director of the New Caledonian Penitentiary, who declared the criminals of the bagnio much more honourable than the political convicts.

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

Then he put a torch in his hand, bid him mix with the crowd at the bagnio door, and follow them till he came into a hall, where they were to celebrate a marriage.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

On the Dutch tiles at the bagnio was a rude picture representing Jacob in hairy gloves, cheating Isaac of Esau's birthright.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George