penna

Example Sentences

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But, alas! with the book the sounds glided away; and "penna" and "pennam" and "pennis" and "pennæ" were confusedly and indiscriminately mingled.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

A Noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or quality; as, Caesar, Caesar; Rōma, Rome; penna, feather; virtūs, courage.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

K. Manoel de Mello gives a fairer estimate in the witty phrase, "Chronista antigo, tão candido de penna, como de barba."

From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. I by Azurara, Gomes Eannes de

In this country the problem is to decline "penna:" in Germany "mensa" is the word.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold

"Are they so hugely interested in the performances of my unassuming penna?"

From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.