Falieri
Americannoun
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Who would have recognized, in this tender, affectionate old man, that Falieri who, in Treviso, on the feast of Corpus Christi, smote the bishop on the face, in a rage--the conqueror of the formidable Morbassan?
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
But Falieri, without answering her question, turned to the maid, "Why are you sleeping here? why does not Luigia sleep here as usual?"
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
And crippled soldiers painfully lifted up their wounded arms and cried, "That is Falieri who beat the Morbassan10--the valiant captain whose victorious banners waved in the Black Sea."
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Falieri interrupted his friend, leaving the window, and striding up to him with a rapid, vigorous step.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
Old Falieri started up in glowing anger, and swore that the direst punishment should be the lot of the person who committed this insulting outrage.
From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
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