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The Riario palaces were stormed and looted, and Girolamo Riario -- the Pope's "nepot" -- threw himself into the castle of Sant 'Angelo with his forces.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Rafael Sabatini 1912
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"nepot" -- threw himself into the castle of Sant 'Angelo with his forces.
The Life of Cesare Borgia Sabatini, Rafael, 1875-1950 1912
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Later we behold in him a papal nepot-prince in whom the Pope endeavored to embody all mundane power and honor; he made him his condottiere, his warder, his body-guard, and, finally, his worldly heir.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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S.vonarola may have had these nepot-courts in mind when, from the pulpit of S. Marco in Florence, he declaimed in burning words against the Roman
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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Pope Sixtus IV loaded them with honors, and great astonishment was caused by a magnificent hunt which Girolamo Riario, the all-powerful nepot, gave for them, at
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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Thus in this first Spanish nepot was foreshadowed the career which Cæsar
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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Borgo of the Vatican there were no less than three nepot-courts.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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She is an entitled pepperpot nepot who has been given large amount of money and attention due to the fact that she is the daughter of someone famous (daddy) and someone rich
Ace of Spades HQ 2010
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She is an entitled pepperpot nepot who has been given large amount of money and attention due to the fact that she is the daughter of someone famous (daddy) and someone rich
Ace of Spades HQ 2010
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(the late) King James the first, his nepot, (nephew).
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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