Iseo

The doctor said, as I was not worse, I was certainly better; and the next day proceeded twenty miles to Iseo, which is at the head of this lake.

Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925

They are like the show pictures that some nobleman hangs in his public gallery; but our Iseo is the treasure that he hides in his inner chamber.

Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899

Lake Iseo or Sebino is situated between Lakes Como and Garda, at the entrance of the valley of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

"Had they known it was the Prince of Iseo, it had been a hundred thousand, Excellency."

Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

"It is the Prince of Iseo," they cried, and, saying it, fled from the house of doom.

Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

I know well that the Prince of Iseo is dead -- in Venice at least.

Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

"Excellency, the man that could lie to the Prince of Iseo has yet to be born."

Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

These were dark days in Lombardy; and nowhere darker than in the old villa on Iseo.

Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899

It chanced that I had used one of my short European holidays to explore afoot the romantic passes connecting the Valtelline with the lake of Iseo; and my remembrance of that enchanting region made it seem impossible that Don Egidio should ever look without a reminiscent pang on the grimy perspective of his parochial streets.

Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899

This inference was confirmed by Don Egidio's telling me that he came from a village of Val Camonica, the radiant valley which extends northward from the lake of Iseo to the Adamello glaciers.

Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899