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  • From a balcony, some wealthy _forestiero_ ( 'Ugh! how rich they are!' grumbles the coachman) scatters _baiocchi_ broadcast, and down in the dirt and mud roll and tumble the little ragamuffins, who never have muffins, and always have rags -- and 'spang!' down comes a double handful of hard _confetti_ on Caper's head, as he rides by in an open carriage.

    The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • One may at the blest end of May say without injustice to anybody that the state of mind of many a < i > forestiero in Rome is one of intense impatience for the moment when all other

    Italian Hours Henry James 1879

  • Annunciata's mother, Monna Nina, as a _forestiero_ in search of lodgings; and, after having gone through the formality of inspecting the room, he accepted Monna Nina's price and terms with an eagerness which made the excellent woman repent in her heart that she had not asked more.

    Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871

  • L'arrivo in Ravenna d'un forestiero distinto, in un paese così lontano dalle strade che ordinariamente tengono i viaggiatori era un avvenimento del quale molto si parlava, indagandosene i motivi, che involontariamente poi egli feci conoscere.

    Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815

  • The cabman was summoned and fined accordingly; but the magistrate remarked to my friend when he came to give evidence that it was fortunate for him that he complained first, for the cabman had come later in the day and asked for his fare for the night which he had passed at the foot of the stairs waiting for the return of the forestiero; and he added that if the cabman had come first, my friend would have been obliged to pay the claim.

    The Autobiography of a Journalist Stillman, William James, 1828-1901 1901

  • _forestiero_; and he added that if the cabman had come first, my friend would have been obliged to pay the claim.

    The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I William James Stillman 1864

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