cinque

Example Sentences

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Many a passer-by stops to look at the pretty sight, and the vendor's tongue is never still, "A quatto, a cinque, a sei a sordo, 'e purtualle 'e Palermo."

From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.

Black, red, or blue, the colors view, Une, deux, cinque, 'tis beginning, Then make your game, The color name, While round the ball is spinning.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Here we are in the tenth century, and this group is cinque cento.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

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

This latter then proclaims it—'Prima-estratta, numero venti cinque.'

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.