cavaliere servente
Example Sentences
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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
"So you are not going?" cried the blonde beauty, who was particularly anxious that her cavaliere servente should be in attendance on this occasion.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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
The conventions of the society in which she moves seem to require that she should be attended during her visits by a cavaliere servente, who is therefore always invited with her.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 by Various
My fascinating father, who treats me with the devotion of an Italian cavaliere servente for his lady, had my portrait painted, as I told you, by Mme. de Mirbel.
From Letters of Two Brides by Balzac, Honoré de
