cavaliere servente
Example Sentences
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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
Has not he lately married a young woman; and was not he Madame Talleyrand's cavaliere servente in India years ago?
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
For this reason she always regards us as cavaliere servente to the house of Hapsburg.
From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
But it did not matter so much about the husband if the marriage contract stipulated that she should have her cavaliere servente, and, as sometimes happened, specified him by name.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean
The cavaliere servente flourishes still as in the days of Beppo, and it is to him only that the lady condescends to talk.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
