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  • proper noun A town (and associated commune) in the province of Belluno in the Veneto, Italy

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Examples

  • To which her unreproachful answer, 'You made use of those men, my lord,' sent a cry ringing through him, recalling Feltre's words, as to the grip men progressively are held in by their deeds done.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • To which her unreproachful answer, 'You made use of those men, my lord,' sent a cry ringing through him, recalling Feltre's words, as to the grip men progressively are held in by their deeds done.

    The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868

  • To which her unreproachful answer, 'You made use of those men, my lord,' sent a cry ringing through him, recalling Feltre's words, as to the grip men progressively are held in by their deeds done.

    The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Bassano, but I took the longer path, thinking I might possibly be expected on the more direct road, while they would never think of my leaving the Venetian territory by way of Feltre, which is the longest way of getting into the state subject to the Bishop of

    The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

  • The shortest way was by Bassano, but I took the longer path, thinking I might possibly be expected on the more direct road, while they would never think of my leaving the Venetian territory by way of Feltre, which is the longest way of getting into the state subject to the Bishop of Trent.

    The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

  • The shortest way was by Bassano, but I took the longer path, thinking I might possibly be expected on the more direct road, while they would never think of my leaving the Venetian territory by way of Feltre, which is the longest way of getting into the state subject to the Bishop of Trent.

    Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 10: under the Leads Giacomo Casanova 1761

  • Vittorino da Feltre, Federico's teacher, among the illustrious men in the Urbino studiolo.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Federico had been familiar with the Symposium through Vittorino da Feltre, who taught with a compendium of Plato's dialogues at the Ca 'Zoiosa.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • The Memoirs — in which we find Federico's biography among a short list of popes and rulers — is itself a verbal gallery of illustrious men of the quattrocento, including biographies for Cardinal Bessarion, Vittorino da Feltre, Nicholas of Cusa, San Bernardino, and others of Federico's circle. back

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Excerpt from the biography of Vittorino da Feltre, commissioned by Federico from his classmate Francesco Prendilacqua.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

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