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Ho guardato e riguardato il video, lo rivedrei ancora ed ancora se non avessi sonno, eppure non so come parlarne.
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Ma commo, io sonno Pirato Matzata. markiemark shitehouse and Rory 'the rozza'hack
stochastic Diary Entry stochastic 2001
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In the episode of Ugolino, (_Inferno, _ xxxiii.,) the verse which has given rise to more comment, perhaps than any other is that (the 26th) in which the Count says, according to the usual reading, that the narrow window in his tower had shown him many moons before he dreamed his evil dream: _Più lune già, quand 'i' feci il mal sonno, _ "Many moons already, when I had my ill slumber."
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"Niente più sonno!" he said, opening wide his eyes.
The Call of the Blood Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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[244] Sante de Sanctis, _I sogni e il sonno nell'isterismo e nella epilessia_, Rome, 1896, p. 101.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899
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As she falls asleep he sings a slumber song ( "Scendi, o sonno dal ciel"), a most exquisite melody, universally known as "L'Air du Sommeil."
The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers 1876
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The name sonnet is probably derived, through the Italian _sonno_, from the Latin word for sleep, in allusion to its lethargic quality.
Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Various 1840
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A famous slogan studied by all Japanese is "sonno joi" (sohn-NOH JOH-ee).
Weird Asia News 2009
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Al suon di miel sospiri, e di miei pianti Tu pur, sonno gentil, desto a pielade.
Memoirs of the political and private life of James Caulfield, Earl of Charlemont Hardy, Francis, 1751-1812 1812
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“In Soon We’ll Be Found, Sia ed i suoi amici creano un mondo di sogno fatto di vernice fluorescente ed ombre cinesi, dove il sonno ha il potere di liberarti dai tuoi guai.”
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