"Firenze" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Italiani, royal folio, 60 large copper plates, some coloured, containing many hundred fine engravings of Vases, Sculptures, Bronzes, Urns, Masks, Arms, Gems, Ornaments, Bas-Reliefs, &c. of Etruscan workmanship, with an 8vo. vol. of letterpress, bds. (pub 3l. 3s.), 36s. Firenze, 1844. ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 • Various
... And citrons from Firenze's fields, And golden apples from the isles That gladden the bright southern seas, True home of the Hesperides: Which now no dragon guards, but smiles, The bounteous mother, ...
— Poems • Denis Florence MacCarthy
... Milton's friends Coltellini and Carlo Dati had been the principal founders. The house of the latter was a court of the Muses, and it was at the evening parties there that all who were distinguished for science or literature assembled: "Era in Firenze la sua Casa la Magione de' Letterati, particolarmente Oltramontani, da lui ricevuti in essa, e trattati con ogni sorta di gentilezza."[1] Heinsius, Menage, Chapelain, and other distinguished foreigners were members ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 40, Saturday, August 3, 1850 - A Medium Of Inter-Communication For Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, • Various
... search of him, making her way with difficulty through the piles of boxes. What could be in them all? Edmund must have been buying for years. Every now and then as she stooped to look at the labels pasted upon them, she caught names well known to her. Orbatelli, Via dei Bardi 13, Firenze; Bianchi, Via Mazzini 12, Lucca; Fratelli Masai, Via Manzoni, Pisa. And everywhere ...
— The Mating of Lydia • Mrs. Humphry Ward |
