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  • Mr. Septimus Luker, the well-known dealer in ancient gems, carvings, intagli, &c., &c., applied to the sitting magistrate for advice.

    The Moonstone 2003

  • N.B.B. civi Florentino magistro intagli faciendo duas portas de bronzo duabus novis sacristiis cathedralis ecclesie florentine pro pretio in totum flor. 1900 pro eo tempore et cum illis pactis et storiis et modis pro ut eis videbitur fore utilius et honorabilius pro dicta opera et quidquid fecerint circa predictum intelligatur et sit ac si factum foret per totum eorum officium.

    Donatello, by Lord Balcarres David Lindsay Crawford 1905

  • He was also moved with us at the gradual decay of the _intagli_, and led us to believe that, to

    Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

  • Maria in Organo, where are the wonderful _intagli_ of Fra Giovanni da

    Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

  • These intagli would be interesting relics for collectors of such flotsam and jetsam of a ruined dynasty.

    Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles Andrew Lang 1878

  • "Sopra ornatissimo zoccolo fornito di squisiti intagli s 'alza uno stylobate" -- &c. "Sotto le colonne, il predetto stilobate si muta leggiadramente in piedistallo, poi con bella novita di pensiero e di effetto va coronato da un fregio il piu gentile che veder si possa" -- &c.

    Stones of Venice [introductions] John Ruskin 1859

  • Peace-loving, inert, fond of his dinner, fonder of his magnificent collections of gems and intagli, liking to look out of window at his splendid collection of horses, he was willing to pass a quiet life, afar from the din of battles and the turmoil of affairs.

    Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Peace-loving, inert, fond of his dinner, fonder of his magnificent collections of gems and intagli, liking to look out of window at his splendid collection of horses, he was willing to pass a quiet life, afar from the din of battles and the turmoil of affairs.

    Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Peace-loving, inert, fond of his dinner, fonder of his magnificent collections of gems and intagli, liking to look out of window at his splendid collection of horses, he was willing to pass a quiet life, afar from the din of battles and the turmoil of affairs.

    Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1610c-12 John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • Peace-loving, inert, fond of his dinner, fonder of his magnificent collections of gems and intagli, liking to look out of window at his splendid collection of horses, he was willing to pass a quiet life, afar from the din of battles and the turmoil of affairs.

    PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

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