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Singularly calm amid all this bustle was the countenance of the statue called the Gobbo, as I looked at it in the centre of the market-place.
Venetian Life William Dean Howells 1878
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Even if it occurs at a glacial pace, supporters of such a ban, who the critics say aren't so keen on the politics, believe they have the facts and the science on their side, and that "at the length truth will out," in the words of Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, and that reality will eventually carry the day.
John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011
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Malik streut auf seinem Blog, dass Skype eventuell kommende Woche vor dem Start des CTIA Wireless Kongreà in Las Vegas eine [...] iPhone addiction disorder (iPhad) e altre amenità « Federico Gobbo
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It may seem a gimmick to have Launcelot Gobbo played by Jamie Beamish as an Elvis impersonator, but it yields a handsome return when Portia's climactic breakdown is accompanied by the strains of Are You Lonesome Tonight.
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Gobbo Jamie Beamish appears in this guise throughout the play, reprising Elvis's greatest hits.
Recurring Daydreams Paul Levy 2011
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Even if it occurs at a glacial pace, supporters of such a ban, who the critics say aren't so keen on the politics, believe they have the facts and the science on their side, and that "at the length truth will out," in the words of Launcelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice, and that reality will eventually carry the day.
John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011
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They used to refer to him as “Il Gobbo” the hunchback due to his peculiar posture, which you describe in the review.
Italian Politics 2009
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They used to refer to him as “Il Gobbo” the hunchback due to his peculiar posture, which you describe in the review.
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Presently he said to the Gobbo, “I desire that thou sew me up my pocket;” and the tailor took a needleful of silk and sewed up his pocket which he. had torn purposely; whereupon Ibrahim gave him five dinars and returned to his lodging.
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Next morning, the youth donned his richest dress and taking a purse of gold, repaired to the Gobbo and saluted him.
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