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Battista Sforza Montefeltro, una "principessa" nel rinascimento italiano.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Abbiamo giocato con la storia del principe ranocchio inserendo alcune citazioni come la corona sulla sua testa e la principessa nel carillon.
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Sposato con la principessa Sarah Poniatowski di Polonia.
No Fat Clips!!! : MARC LAVOINE ft. BAMBOU – Dis-moi que l’amour 2006
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I was referred to as la principessa, and schemes were devised to induce me to stay for the whole season.
Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996
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She signs herself "the most unhappy Princess of Salerno," although she herself afterwards struck out the words, _principessa de Salerno_, and left only the words, _La infelicissima_.
Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius
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A late Roman _principessa_ is said to have been passionately fond of it, and to have lost enormously by it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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"But why should we harm him, principessa?" they asked; and, indeed, I felt inclined to echo their question, seeing that she pointed at me.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"Your pardon, principessa --" began one black-avised bandit, dropping the haft of his knife and feeling for the gun at his back.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Yet many a lean and swarthy fellow there would have felt that he was cheated if besides his money he had not carried home daily the remembrance of that tall dark lady's face and kindly eyes and encouraging voice, and they used to watch for the coming of the "_gran principessa_" as anxiously as they expected the coming of the steward with the money-bags on a Saturday evening.
Saracinesca 1881
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"You've seen, disgraziatamente, signora principessa," he sadly said, "too much" -- and it made the
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 Henry James 1879
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