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The first was the posthumous success of Pergolesi's 1733 subversive Neapolitan comedy, La Serva Padrona, in which a maid outwits and marries her master.
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Interestinger Lindsay Stewart 2008
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On April 26, I moved with Ciccone near Serva, leaving the rest of the mission in charge of Sergeant Buchhardt.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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On April 26, I moved with Ciccone near Serva, leaving the rest of the mission in charge of Sergeant Buchhardt.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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On April 26, I moved with Ciccone near Serva, leaving the rest of the mission in charge of Sergeant Buchhardt.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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On April 26, I moved with Ciccone near Serva, leaving the rest of the mission in charge of Sergeant Buchhardt.
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs Patrick K. O'Donnell 2004
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On the tomb are the words, "Serva pactum" -- "Keep your pledge".
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(Laughter and applause) Long ago, King Edward First, the founder of our parliamentary institutions, took as his motto, "Serva pactum" -- keep your pact.
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Serva, Iuppiter supreme, et me et meum gnatum mihi.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The intermezzo, "Serva padrona", survived his more pretentious works of this period.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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