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  • He moved rapidly, but sometimes he stopped and stood still in the sun, whose heat he did not seem to feel, though a perspiration bathed his pale face and stood in drops on his forehead under the shadow of his nicchio.

    A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878

  • _nicchio_, but a new silk cylinder with a very worldly, curling brim.

    A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878

  • "There, Don Ippolito," interposed Ferris, "you had better put on your talare and your nicchio again.

    A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878

  • But in the morning we had to put on the stockings and the talare and the nicchio again. "

    A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878

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