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  • Prince, delayed a moment by the Queen's demur as to time and place, brought on by the "Galeotto" - speech.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

  • Perhaps that Italian play might be called Galeotto to Stephen Birkenholt.

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Perhaps that Italian play might be called Galeotto to Stephen Birkenholt.

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • The most difficult to justify of the omissions of Sir Thomas is the early history of the loves of Guinevere and Lancelot, when the knight was introduced to the queen by Galahault the haughty prince -- "Galeotto," as he appears in the most universally known passage of Dante himself.

    The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889

  • The word 'libro' interestingly only appears twice, first in the great Inf V 137, 'Galeotto fu il libro e chi lo scrisse'; and again in Par XXIII 54.

    Tom Phillips, Dante's Inferno Miglior acque 2008

  • The word 'libro' interestingly only appears twice, first in the great Inf V 137, 'Galeotto fu il libro e chi lo scrisse'; and again in Par XXIII 54.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Miglior acque 2008

  • Galeotto, lord of Faenza, had married the daughter of Giovanni Bentivogli, prince of Bologna.

    The History of Florence 2003

  • Galeotto to visit her, he was slain by assassins, whom she had concealed for that purpose in the apartment.

    The History of Florence 2003

  • Riario, lord of Furli, slain by a conspiracy — Galeotto, lord of Faenza, is murdered by the treachery of his wife — The government of the city offered to the

    The History of Florence 2003

  • Galeotto, seeing that the day was lost, protected his own mercenaries as best he could, while Campobasso completed the treason that he had plotted with René, which had been partially accomplished four days previously, and calmly took up his position on the bridge of Bouxières on the Meurthe, to make prisoners for the sake of ransom.

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

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