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Mentre la tipa dorme, gli orsacchiotti se la spassano da pazzi giocando a poker…
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The former sort, therefore, called such men, madmen: but the latter called them sometimes demoniacs (that is, possessed with spirits); sometimes energumeni (that is, agitated or moved with spirits); and now in Italy they are called not only pazzi, madmen; but also spiritati, men possessed.
Leviathan 2007
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Qualunque sia il motivo, andrete pazzi per questo video e, penso, anche per la canzone.
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A little anecdote, my friend's 'pazzi' mother, who was my brother's mother-in-law, used to tell people "va Napola!" when she was angry, this was a substitute for telling them to "go to hell".
Archive 2006-09-17 Terry Nelson 2006
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A little anecdote, my friend's 'pazzi' mother, who was my brother's mother-in-law, used to tell people "va Napola!" when she was angry, this was a substitute for telling them to "go to hell".
You make my blood boil! Terry Nelson 2006
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My beloved countrymen had evidently been the subject of conversation, and, as the two fellows approached my grounds, one of them pointed towards the villa and exclaimed: 'Tutti gli Inglesi sono pazzi, ma questo poi!'
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Various
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The former sort, therefore, called such men madmen; but the latter called them sometimes demoniacs, that is, possessed with spirits; sometimes energumeni, that is, agitated or moved with spirits; and now in Italy they are called not only pazzi, madmen but, also spiritati, men possessed.
Chapter VIII. Of the Virtues Commonly Called Intellectual, and Their Contrary Defects 1909
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English he felt friendly, as do most Italians; but he knew little of them, except that they were very rich, lived in a perpetual fog, and were "un poco pazzi."
A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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Firenze l 'abbino sempre intesa altrimenti, si accorgerebbono quanta pestifero sarebbe il governo de' Medici, se non avessi intorno altri che pazzi e cattivi. '
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866
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The former sort, therefore, called such men, madmen: but the latter called them sometimes demoniacs (that is, possessed with spirits); sometimes energumeni (that is, agitated or moved with spirits); and now in Italy they are called not only pazzi, madmen; but also spiritati, men possessed.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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