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The earlier translators thought _al dreto_ equivalent to _al dritto_, on the right.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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Buonarotti -- "vestito gia de 'raggi del pianeta, che mena dritto altrui per ogni calle;" but neither time nor teaching will bestow the sense, when it is not innate, of that wherein consists the power of Titian and the great Venetians.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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In the evening Moore sang, but the pianoforte was horrid, and he was not in good voice; still his singing 'va dritto al cuore,' for it produces an exceeding sadness, and brings to mind a thousand melancholy recollections, and generates many melancholy anticipations.
The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3) Charles Greville 1829
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In which he is too able .... but what is the unhappiness in that, as the Italian proverb says, "lazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio."
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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In which he is too able .... but what is the unhappiness in that, as the Italian proverb says, "lazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio."
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Ecco fin dove ambiziofo orgoglio Fuor del dritto fcntier V Uomo fofpinge:
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A volte l’arte è un coltello piantato dritto nel tuo cuore.
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Un guasto alla macchina lo portà dritto nel cuore degli ingranaggi, dandogli l’opportunità di spezzare la sua routine e di capire che nella vita c’è di più che un divano e una TV.
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.... but what is the unhappiness in that, as the Italian proverb says, "lazzo dritto non vuolt consiglio."
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 22: May/June 1663 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Well, well, _solco torto, sacco dritto_ -- many a full sack comes from a crooked furrow; and he who will be captain of none but honest men will have small hire to pay. "
Romola George Eliot 1849
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