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My brother shewing that animal, naming it tatanga_, which is a buffe, the wildmen, seeing the representation of a woman, weare astonished and weeps, pulls their haire, and tumbles up and downe to the fire, so continued half an houre, till he was in a sweat, and wetted with his tears the rest of the wildmen that weare there.

—Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson

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This was the subject of a long conversation we had one evening after supper, particularly the 'opera- buffe' we had both seen in Italy, and with which we were highly delighted. — The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Entire
DINING ROOM SET - Solid wood (1950s), includes 5 chairs, table, buffe ...
My brother shewing that animal, naming it tatanga_, which is a buffe, the wildmen, seeing the representation of a woman, weare astonished and weeps, pulls their haire, and tumbles up and downe to the fire, so continued half an houre, till he was in a sweat, and wetted with his tears the rest of the wildmen that weare there. — Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson
This was the subject of a long conversation we had one evening after supper, particularly the 'opera-buffe' we had both seen in Italy, and with which we were highly delighted. — The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete
In buffe of the bravest, most seemelye to showe; — A Collection of Ballads