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'Violante' -- as some say, the daughter of Titian's scholar, Palma, though dates disprove this -- sat frequently to Titian, and is said to have been loved by him.
The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art Sarah Tytler 1870
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a citizen dame called Violante, who was comely and well-liking in all her person.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche 1909 Anatole France 1884
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The boy, Louis by name, who was some nine and the girl, who was called Violante and was some seven years old, both, as far as their tender age comported, very well apprehended their father's lessons and showed it thereafter by deed.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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As Messer Amerigo's children grew up, there grew up with them a daughter of his, called Violante, a fair and dainty damsel, who, her father tarrying overmuch to marry her, became by chance enamoured of
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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With her name, "Violante," in diamonds, close beside the coronet and arms of De Fajardo.
Six Months in Mexico 1888
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In 1947, the year of the birth of my only child, Violante, I published my first book, a novel I myself entitled The Widow, but which for editorial reasons appeared as The Land of Sin.
josé saramago | death without interruptions « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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The happily paired Julio and Leonora are thrilled while Violante is forced to marry Henriquez, about the only option for a ravaged woman in that age.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Brand New Shakespeare, The Scottish Play and Post-Apocalyptic Dancing! Michael Giltz 2011
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Henriquez tries to woo Violante and when she rebuffs him he turns to rape and violates her.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Brand New Shakespeare, The Scottish Play and Post-Apocalyptic Dancing! Michael Giltz 2011
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Violante also said the standards being shown to Murray and other congressional leaders may be "too restrictive."
Caregivers of wounded troops still waiting for benefits signed into law by Obama Scott Wilson 2011
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In 1947, the year of the birth of my only child, Violante, I published my first book, a novel I myself entitled The Widow, but which for editorial reasons appeared as The Land of Sin.
August « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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