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  • Hello again! volevo chiederti se sai a quanto corrisponde una tazza di peanut butter … faccio fatica a convertire certi ingredienti solidi se come unità di misura mi danno le cups.

    Amaretti I (Almond Macaroons) « Baking History 2007

  • These madrigals are distinguished by free use of material (there is little exact imitative writing) and by much variety of speed and character in declamation, despite the fact that the misura cromatica (?) is used in only a few pieces.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

  • His chief work is "Della misura dell'acqua corrente" (Rome, 1628; 3rd ed., 1660), translated into English by Salusbury (London, 1661), and into French by Saporta (1664), reprinted (Bologna, 1823) in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • I have hardly room to send love to them all; and to you, dear, kisses/senza misura!

    Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

  • La misura dei versi era esatissima, e la poesia pure non pareva opera di una mente in delirio.

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

  • [Footnote: A comparatively small portion of Leonardo's notes on water-power was published at Bologna in 1828, under the title: "_Del moto e misura dell'Acqua, di L. da Vinci_".]

    The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

  • _The selection of Leonardo's axioms contained in the Vatican copy attributes these words to the author: _ "e il resto si dira nella universale misura del huomo".

    The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

  • _The selection of Leonardo's axioms contained in the Vatican copy attributes these words to the author: _ "e il resto si dira nella universale misura del huomo".

    The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

  • This copy is now in the Library of the Barberini palace at Rome and was published under the title: "De moto e misura dell'acqua," by FRANCESCO

    The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

  • _The Vatican copy includes but very few sections of the_ "Universale misura del huomo" _and until now nothing has been made known of the original MSS. on the subject which have supplied the very extensive materials for this portion of the work.

    The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485

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