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  • His notable opinions on the 'Foscari' and 'Cain' he hath not as yet forwarded; or, at least, I have not yet received them, nor the proofs thereof, though promised by last post.

    Life of Lord Byron With His Letters And Journals Byron, George G 1854

  • Garden have offered me, if it succeeds, two hundred pounds (the price Miss Mitford's "Foscari" brought her), you will agree that I have some reason to be proud as well as pleased.

    Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851

  • Macready played a principal part, followed by "Foscari," "Rienzi," and others, 'says the English Biographical Dictionary.

    Our Village Mary Russell Mitford 1821

  • His notable opinions on the 'Foscari' and 'Cain' he hath not as yet forwarded; or, at least, I have not yet received them, nor the proofs thereof, though promised by last post.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • "The fresco in this room depicts the wife of one of the Foscari brothers," she told me.

    Angella Nazarian: The Venetian Country Villas 2009

  • She went on to say that the Villa had been commissioned by the Foscari bothers, one of Venice's most noted doges.

    Angella Nazarian: The Venetian Country Villas 2009

  • The restoration of the palazzo, begun in 1999, has been a labor of love for Bergamo Rossi, a 39-year-old native son and a 1993 graduate of the local university Ca 'Foscari.

    Canal Knowledge Tyrnauer, Matt 2007

  • "A son of the Gradenigo family married the youngest daughter and final descendant of the Foscari family, which owned the neighboring property," Bergamo Rossi says.

    Canal Knowledge Tyrnauer, Matt 2007

  • England as we may hear the Foscari performed, to-night, in the splendid theatre of San Carlo.

    Pictures from Italy 2007

  • And if you're in Venice, you can visit the HQ over by the University of Ca Foscari in Dorsoduro, right off the Canal Grande (it's easy to find, ask anyone.)

    Veniceblog: 2004

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