bagnio

Example Sentences

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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

In this order they marched round the three largest rooms of the bagnio.

From Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe by Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady

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.

Now in the house where the bagnio was she had a very dark chamber, for that no window gave thereon by which the light might enter.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

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