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Now that you are at Naples, you pass part of your time there en honnete homme, da garbato cavaliere, in the court and the best companies.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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With what pleasure should I hear people cry out, Che garbato cavaliere, com e pulito, disinvolto, spiritoso!
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Simplizio called him _bestiaccia_! and then, softening it, _poco garbato_! and proposed to Ser Francesco that he should leave the bastone behind, and take the crab-switch he presented to him, giving at the same time a sample of its efficacy, which covered the long grizzle hair of the worthy quadruped with a profusion of pink blossoms, like embroidery.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Walter Savage Landor 1819
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With what pleasure should I hear people cry out, 'Che garbato cavaliere, com' e pulito, disinvolto, spiritoso '!
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1749 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Now that you are at Naples, you pass part of your time there 'en honnete homme, da garbato cavaliere', in the court and the best companies.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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With what pleasure should I hear people cry out, 'Che garbato cavaliere, com' e pulito, disinvolto, spiritoso '!
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Now that you are at Naples, you pass part of your time there 'en honnete homme, da garbato cavaliere', in the court and the best companies.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Lei e troppo garbato, -- troppo buono; ma troppo buono, davvero! "said the pretty creature; and the appealing eyes looked into his with the semblance of a tear of emotion in them.
A Siren Thomas Adolphus Trollope 1851
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