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Alberoni

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[ahl-be-raw-nee] / ˌɑl bɛˈrɔ ni /

noun

  1. Giulio 1664–1752, Italian cardinal and statesman: prime minister of Spain 1715–19.


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Yet despite a plethora of parallel passages, Alberoni denies she has ever read Mitchell's novel.

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"Had Alberoni been given two worlds like ours to destroy," grumbled Frederick the Great, an authori ty, "he would have asked for a third."

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Abbe Alberoni, 33, was among those sent to pay little Parma's respects to French Marshal Vendome.

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This royal singularity Alberoni met with prelatical resourcefulness by promoting the charms of Princess Elisabeth Farnese of Parma as "a good Lombard girl . . . stuffed with butter and Parmesan cheese."

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Alberoni was dismissed; and the Spanish forces were withdrawn from Sardinia and Sicily.

From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by Green, John Richard

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