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'But the capitani of whom I speak is prince of many tails, is the brother of queens.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Truly, I would give a thousand piastres if I could save my head by taking the capitani to your mountains. '
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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'This capitani with whom I travel, this prince of many tails, is his friend.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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I am travelling with a young English capitani, a prince of many tails, and he has declared that he will entirely extinguish my existence unless he pays a visit to the Queen of the Ansarey. '
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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As for the goods themselves, you may keep them for me, until I ask you for them; perhaps the next time I travel with a capitani who is one of yourselves. '
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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There upon, Florence, having regained its freedom, remod elled its government, and created five magistracies: (1) guild-masters (priori) or supreme administrative power; (2) the Gonfalonieri charged with the military operations; (3) the capitani di parte (Guelphs, common people); (4) a board of trade (Guidici di commercio); (5) consuls for the guilds (Consoli delle arli).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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[1] Giovio is particular upon these points: 'Ho veduto io ne gli armari de' suoi Archivi maravigliosi libri in carta pecora, i quali contenevano d 'anno in anno i nomi de' capitani, condottieri, e soldati vecchi, e le paghe di ogn 'uno, e' l rotulo delle cavallerie, et delle fanterie: v 'erano anco registrate le copie delle lettere le quali negli importantissimi maneggi di far guerra o pace, o egli haveva scritto ai principi o haveva ricevuto da loro.'
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866
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Here is no capitani filius; no more mention of family than a Welchman would have allowed him; no hic jacet; and, worse than all, the devil a tittle of spe redemptionis, or anno Domini. "
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk Walter Savage Landor 1819
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Sant 'Onorato, precedendo il Maresciallo di Birone a cavallo, e conseguentamente sotto i loro capitani entrarono con le corde accese le compagníe de' Francesi. "
The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07 John Dryden 1665
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There I reade as followeth: Nella parte del mondo nuouo che corre verso Tramontana e maestro all’ incontro del nostro habitabile dell’ Europa, v’ hanno nauigato molti capitani, ed il primo (per quel’ che si sa) fù Gasparo Cortereale Portoghese, che del
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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