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Come al solito, conoscere i trucchi usati dai maghi di The Mill non inficia il senso di stupore che si prova al cospetto delle loro opere.
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Qui è dove i ritagli di carte balleranno al vostro cospetto facendovi, si spera, divertire.
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"Diavolo!" exclaimed the old artist, standing with his head on one side, "you have power; yes, cospetto! you have power, it is the face of an angel!"
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"Diavolo!" exclaimed the old artist, standing with his head on one side, "you have power; yes, cospetto! you have power, it is the face of an angel!"
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"Diavolo!" exclaimed the old artist, standing with his head on one side, "you have power; yes, cospetto! you have power, it is the face of an angel!"
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"Diavolo!" exclaimed the old artist, standing with his head on one side, "you have power; yes, cospetto! you have power, it is the face of an angel!"
The White Company 1890
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I will address this person in his mother tongue: 'Here, cospetto! corpo di Bacco!
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 02 Mark Twain 1872
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I will address this person in his mother tongue: 'Here, cospetto! corpo di Bacco!
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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Though they have no trees in their country, poor people, and instead of twenty-four they have only twelve hours to the day, yet I hear, cospetto! that they shoe their horses with steak; and since they cannot (the poor heretics!) turn grapes into wine, for they have no grapes, they turn gold into physic, and take a glass or two of pistoles whenever they are troubled with the colic.
Zicci — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Though they have no trees in their country, poor people, and instead of twenty - four they have only twelve hours to the day, yet I hear, cospetto! that they shoe their horses with steak; and since they cannot (the poor heretics!) turn grapes into wine, for they have no grapes, they turn gold into physic, and take a glass or two of pistoles whenever they are troubled with the colic.
Zicci — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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