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Examples
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So the mouse begins to write for the _galantuomo_, but his head swells and he dies.
Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane
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The mouse goes to the _galantuomo_, who says: "Sit down and write, and then I will give you the money."
Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane
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His favorite saying, "_Il tiempo è un galantuomo_," was fulfilled for him.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various
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The gentleman (_galantuomo_, who is also called _cappeddu_ or _cavaleri_) forms the highest caste, and is above the master (_maestro_), who in turn must not be confounded with the countryman (_villano_), the lowest grade in the social scale.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various
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I find, -- a growing sense of the benefits of liberty, a deep-rooted attachment to the _Rè galantuomo_, (the King, honest man,) a juster appreciation of the difficulties which beset the national enterprise,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Various
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"_Che bellezza! un galantuomo, certamente -- e quest 'e molto piacevole. _"
Humour of the North 1909
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Christian, a Sovereign and an honest man (galantuomo). '
The Liberation of Italy Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 1891
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He was too much galantuomo to resist; he had not forgotten Maria but he thought she could wait, and besides, he was at first flattered by the widow's attentions and amused by the novelty of the situation; but he never cared for the widow, and soon his chains became unbearable.
Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions Henry Festing Jones 1889
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In his characteristic way _Il capitano galantuomo_ offered them free passages.
Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884
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Do you mean to insult an honest man, a _galantuomo_?
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