cavaliere servente
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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
The social customs were mostly copied from France, except that purely Italian invention, the cavaliere servente, who was in great vogue.
From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean
"So this is your daily cavaliere servente," added M. M., with a wry smile, turning his lorgnette upon me.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
"I shall elect you my cavaliere servente," said she, after I had twice nervously risen to take my leave within the first half hour, and twice been desired to remain a little longer.
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
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
