bocconi

He is not so gay, quite, as he was, and I fancy that he has not found so many _bei bocconi_ on the Riva degli Schiavoni, as the proverb and a sanguine temperament led him to expect.

Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

Whence the proverb: '_Sulla Riva degli Schiavoni, si mangiano bei bocconi_.'

Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

Vittoria's dwelling-place was near the Duomo, in a narrow thoroughfare leading from the Duomo to the Piazza of La Scala, where a confectioner of local fame conferred upon the happier members of the population most piquant bocconi and tartlets, and offered by placard to give an emotion to the nobility, the literati, and the epicures of Milan, and to all foreigners, if the aforesaid would adventure upon a trial of his art.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Vittoria's dwelling-place was near the Duomo, in a narrow thoroughfare leading from the Duomo to the Piazza of La Scala, where a confectioner of local fame conferred upon the happier members of the population most piquant bocconi and tartlets, and offered by placard to give an emotion to the nobility, the literati, and the epicures of Milan, and to all foreigners, if the aforesaid would adventure upon a trial of his art.

Vittoria — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

Vittoria's dwelling-place was near the Duomo, in a narrow thoroughfare leading from the Duomo to the Piazza of La Scala, where a confectioner of local fame conferred upon the happier members of the population most piquant bocconi and tartlets, and offered by placard to give an emotion to the nobility, the literati, and the epicures of Milan, and to all foreigners, if the aforesaid would adventure upon a trial of his art.

Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868

From this moment he set himself to conquer the husband rather than the wife, turning all his batteries against the poor Gambara, who quite guilelessly went on eating Signor Giardini's _bocconi_, without thinking of their flavor.

Gambara Honor�� de Balzac 1824