cavaliere servente
Example Sentences
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They were going to the supper room, and each cavaliere servente was hastening to seat himself by the side of his partner.
From Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy by Greig, R. S.
Corte'jo, a cavaliere servente, who as Byron says in Beppo: Coach, servants, gondola, must go to call, And carries fan and tippet, gloves and shawl.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
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
"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
Even from sheer loneliness she accepts his attentions and allows him to drop into the acknowledged position of her cavaliere servente.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon
