cinque

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Nay," said Shakespeare, "wooing, wedding, and repenting is, after all, but a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque pace.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

His open hands had won for this remarkable tenor the nickname, Cinque e cinque fanno dieci!

From My Recollections by Massenet, Jules

The innuendoes of the Ugellino and the Nicchio are here repeated in figures which anticipate the novels and capitoli of the cinque cento.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Nui al presento siamo cinque sociale comite come il vedi.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

We find it in full energy, possessing the public theatres and claiming the attention of all classes, at the close of the cinque cento.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo