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Examples
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"Annunciata," came in heavy, rhythmic pulses through the air; it was impossible not to hear it.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871
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"Annunciata," he called softly, rising to follow her.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871
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In his official capacity, Lewis had been sent to check on military installations in those coastal areas most at risk from the lava flow, south of Naples at Portici and Torre Annunciata.
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The church of the Annunciata especially: built, like many of the others, at the cost of one noble family, and now in slow progress of repair: from the outer door to the utmost height of the high cupola, is so elaborately painted and set in gold, that it looks (as SIMOND describes it, in his charming book on Italy) like a great enamelled snuff-box.
Pictures from Italy 2007
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In some of the churches, particularly that of the Annunciata, I found a profusion of ornaments, which had more magnificence than taste.
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I took la bella to the Duomo and Annunciata, to the Cafe, to the Opera, to the village Festa, to the Public
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This Annunciata, the most celebrated singer of her day, loses her voice, loses her beauty, -- a fever deprives her of both; -- and not till her death does Antonio learn that he, and not another, was the person really beloved.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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Annunciata, the first object of this uncertain passion, behaves herself, it must be confessed, in a very extraordinary manner.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various
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Menton: Annunciata [_spelled “Annonciade” in body text_] --: Gorvio [_spelled “Gorbio” in body text_] --: Castellon 199 [_text has 197_]
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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Annunciata grumbled when she saw the crowd, and the occupants of the first car looked them over carefully.
Long Live the King! Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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