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The food is that of the Lake Como district, and I spent considerable time when younger at the Villa D'Este there.
Jay Weston: Why I Am Having Two Dinners on Thanksgiving Jay Weston 2011
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Mr. Katz "skillfully weaves into his narrative the experiences of a large, fascinating cast of characters - ordinary Roman citizens, informants, craven opportunists, spies and double agents, and some Germans who risked death in an effort to save Rome's Jews," wrote historian Carlo D'Este in the New York Times.
Robert Katz, 77, wrote history of WWII massacre in Italy Emma Brown 2010
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The chief executive of Caterpillar, an unavowed fan of Cinquecento garden design, wants to create for his palatial mansion located just outside of his company's world headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, a replica of the gardens of Villa D'Este, an exact copy, in fact, except that it will be planted with native vegetation of Plant Hardiness Zone 5a.
The Return of the Intergalactic Planetary Landscape Architect 2008
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Oriente at Costa D'Este features tapas and specialties like fried Cuban-style corn tamales and cod fritters; the "Chef for a Day" package (from $387 per room) includes cooking lessons with Chef David Rodriguez.
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I got all right, though, with the aid of D'Este, who, if the war had lasted, would have made as able a soldier as his ancestor George the Second.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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At night it was General Lambert's intention to withdraw his line more out of cannon shot, for we were on a perfect plain, not a mound as cover, and I and D'Este (His Royal Highness, as I used to call him) were sent to bring back Blakeney's Brigade.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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Young D'Este, the real Duke of Sussex,55 was a fund of great amusement, the most gentlemanlike, kind-hearted young fellow possible, affable to a degree, and most unpretending; but he had a thirst for obtaining information, I never beheld before.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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The two children of this marriage, when disinherited by the Royal Marriage Act, took the name D'Este.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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King Charles IX., the Duc de Guise, and the "two cardinals mounted on mules" -- Lorraine, a true Guise, and D'Este, newly arrived from Italy, and accompanied by the poet Tasso, wearing a "gabardine and a hood of satin."
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Various 1885
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Besides, if a man cannot have love, shall he therefore throw away friendship? and may I not love with the love of chivalry, – the love that knights dedicated to queens and princesses, the love that Tasso gave to Leonora D'Este, the love that Dante gave to Beatrice, love that hopes little and asks nothing?
Oldtown Folks 1869
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